Come and see
॥ 3.6.1 ॥
CrEd 3.5.1
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वाल्मीकि
शरभङ्गे दिवं प्राप्ते मुनिसंघाः समागताः ।
अभ्यगच्छन्त काकुत्स्थं रामं ज्वलिततेजसम् ॥
śarabhaṅge divaṃ prāpte munisaṃghāḥ samāgatāḥ
abhyagacchanta kākutsthaṃ rāmaṃ jvalitatejasam
Translation
When Sharabhanga had gone to heaven,
the hosts of sages gathered
and came to Kakutstha,
to Rama, blazing with splendour.
Subtitle
When Sharabhanga had gone to heaven,
the hosts of sages gathered
and came to Kakutstha,
to Rama, blazing with splendour.
॥ 3.6.2–5 ॥
CrEd 3.5.2–4
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वाल्मीकि
वैखानसा वालखिल्याः संप्रक्षाला मरीचिपाः ।
अश्मकुट्टाश् च बहवः पत्राहाराश् च तापसाः ।
दन्तोलूखलिनश् चैव तथैवोन्मज्जकाः परे ।
मुनयः सलिलाहारा वायुभक्षास् तथापरे ।
आकाशनिलयाश् चैव तथा स्थण्डिलशायिनः ।
तथोर्ध्ववासिनो दान्तास् तथार्द्रपटवाससः ॥
vaikhānasā vālakhilyāḥ saṃprakṣālā marīcipāḥ
aśmakuṭṭāś ca bahavaḥ patrāhārāś ca tāpasāḥ
dantolūkhalinaś caiva tathaivonmajjakāḥ pare
munayaḥ salilāhārā vāyubhakṣās tathāpare
ākāśanilayāś caiva tathā sthaṇḍilaśāyinaḥ
tathordhvavāsino dāntās tathārdrapaṭavāsasaḥ
Translation
Vaikhanasas, Valakhilyas,
Samprakshalas, Marichipas,
many who husk their grain with stones,
and ascetics who live on leaves;
those whose teeth are their mortar,
and others who stand in the stream;
sages who live on water,
and others who feed on air;
those whose home is the open sky,
those who sleep on the bare ground,
those who dwell on the heights, the tamed,
and those who wear wet cloth.
Subtitle
Ascetics who lived on leaves,
on water, on air;
who slept on bare ground,
who wore wet bark.
॥ 3.6.8, 10 ॥
CrEd 3.5.7, 9
DandakaSages
वाल्मीकि
त्वम् इक्ष्वाकुकुलस्यास्य पृथिव्याश् च महारथः प्रधानश् चासि नाथश् च देवानां मघवान् इव … त्वाम् आसाद्य महात्मानं धर्मज्ञं धर्मवत्सलम् अर्थित्वान् नाथ वक्ष्यामस् तच् च नः क्षन्तुम् अर्हसि ॥
tvam ikṣvākukulasyāsya pṛthivyāś ca mahārathaḥ pradhānaś cāsi nāthaś ca devānāṃ maghavān iva … tvām āsādya mahātmānaṃ dharmajñaṃ dharmavatsalam arthitvān nātha vakṣyāmas tac ca naḥ kṣantum arhasi
Translation
You are the great warrior of Ikshvaku’s house
and of the earth;
its first and its lord you are,
as Indra is of the gods. …
Come now to you, great-souled,
knower and lover of dharma,
we will speak, lord, as suppliants;
and you must forgive us that.
लीला
आप इक्ष्वाकु कुल के महारथी हैं, इस धरती के प्रधान और नाथ, जैसे देवताओं के इन्द्र। हम याचक बनकर आए हैं, नाथ। माँगने को क्षमा कीजिए।
Subtitle
You are Ikshvaku's great warrior,
lord of the earth,
as Indra is of the gods.
We come as suppliants; forgive us.
॥ 3.6.11 ॥
CrEd 3.5.10
DandakaSages
वाल्मीकि
अधर्मस् तु महांस् तात भवेत् तस्य महीपतेः ।
यो हरेद् बलिषड्भागं न च रक्षति पुत्रवत् ॥
adharmas tu mahāṃs tāta bhavet tasya mahīpateḥ
yo hared baliṣaḍbhāgaṃ na ca rakṣati putravat
Translation
Great is the wrong, my son,
that falls upon that king
who takes the sixth share as tribute
and guards them not as sons.
लीला
वत्स, बड़ा अधर्म लगता है उस राजा को, जो प्रजा से छठा भाग ले, पर बेटों की तरह उसकी रक्षा न करे।
Subtitle
Great is the wrong, my son,
of a king who takes the sixth share
and does not guard his people
as his sons.
॥ 3.6.14 ॥
CrEd 3.5.13
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वाल्मीकि
यत् करोति परं धर्मं मुनिर् मूलफलाशनः ।
तत्र राज्ञश् चतुर्भागः प्रजा धर्मेण रक्षतः ॥
yat karoti paraṃ dharmaṃ munir mūlaphalāśanaḥ
tatra rājñaś caturbhāgaḥ prajā dharmeṇa rakṣataḥ
Translation
The highest dharma a sage performs,
living on roots and fruit:
of it a fourth part is the king’s
who guards his people by dharma.
Subtitle
Of the dharma a hermit earns,
living on roots and fruit,
a fourth part is the king's
who guards his people by dharma.
॥ 3.6.15 ॥
CrEd 3.5.14
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वाल्मीकि
सोऽयं ब्राह्मणभूयिष्ठो वानप्रस्थगणो महान् ।
त्वन् नाथोऽनाथवद् राम राक्षसैर् वध्यते भृशम् ॥
so 'yaṃ brāhmaṇabhūyiṣṭho vānaprasthagaṇo mahān
tvan nātho 'nāthavad rāma rākṣasair vadhyate bhṛśam
Translation
This great company of forest hermits,
brahmins for the most part,
has you for lord, yet, Rama, like the lordless,
it is slaughtered hard by rakshasas.
Subtitle
This great company of forest hermits
has you for lord,
yet rakshasas slaughter it, Rama,
as if it had no protector.
॥ 3.6.16 ॥
CrEd 3.5.15
DandakaSages
वाल्मीकि
एहि पश्य शरीराणि मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम् हतानां राक्षसैर् घोरैर् बहूनां बहुधा वने ॥
ehi paśya śarīrāṇi munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām hatānāṃ rākṣasair ghorair bahūnāṃ bahudhā vane
Translation
Come, see the bodies
of sages pure of soul,
many, slain in many ways in the forest
by dreadful rakshasas.
लीला
आइए, देखिए। मुनियों के शरीर। पवित्र आत्मा वाले कितने ही मुनि, जिन्हें घोर राक्षसों ने वन में तरह-तरह से मारा।
Subtitle
Come, see the bodies
of sages pure of soul:
many, killed in many ways
by dreadful rakshasas.
॥ 3.6.16 ॥
CrEd 3.5.15
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.6.17 ॥
CrEd 3.5.16
DandakaSages
वाल्मीकि
पम्पानदीनिवासानाम् अनुमन्दाकिनीम् अपि चित्रकूटालयानां च क्रियते कदनं महत् ॥
pampānadīnivāsānām anumandākinīm api citrakūṭālayānāṃ ca kriyate kadanaṃ mahat
Translation
Of those who dwell by the Pampa,
and along the Mandakini,
and of those whose home is Chitrakuta,
a great slaughter is made.
लीला
पम्पा नदी के तीर पर, मंदाकिनी के किनारे, चित्रकूट पर, भारी संहार हो रहा है।
Subtitle
By the river Pampa,
along the Mandakini,
on Chitrakuta:
a great slaughter is made.
॥ 3.6.17 ॥
CrEd 3.5.16
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.6.18–19 ॥
CrEd 3.5.17–18
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वाल्मीकि
एवं वयं न मृष्यामो विप्रकारं तपस्विनाम् ।
क्रियमाणं वने घोरं रक्षोभिर् भीमकर्मभिः ।
ततस् त्वां शरणार्थं च शरण्यं समुपस्थिताः ।
परिपालय नो राम वध्यमानान् निशाचरैः ॥
evaṃ vayaṃ na mṛṣyāmo viprakāraṃ tapasvinām
kriyamāṇaṃ vane ghoraṃ rakṣobhir bhīmakarmabhiḥ
tatas tvāṃ śaraṇārthaṃ ca śaraṇyaṃ samupasthitāḥ
paripālaya no rāma vadhyamānān niśācaraiḥ
Translation
We cannot bear it, this outrage
upon ascetics,
so dreadful, done in the forest
by rakshasas of terrible deeds.
So, seeking refuge, we have come
to you, who are the refuge:
protect us, Rama,
slain by the night-walkers.
Subtitle
We cannot bear this outrage
on ascetics in the forest.
We come to you for refuge:
protect us, Rama, from the night-walkers.
॥ 3.6.21 ॥
CrEd 3.5.19abcd
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वाल्मीकि
एतच् छ्रुत्वा तु काकुत्स्थस् तापसानां तपस्विनाम् ।
इदं प्रोवाच धर्मात्मा सर्वान् एव तपस्विनः ॥
etac chrutvā tu kākutsthas tāpasānāṃ tapasvinām
idaṃ provāca dharmātmā sarvān eva tapasvinaḥ
Translation
Hearing this from the ascetics,
men of penance,
Kakutstha, whose soul was dharma,
spoke thus to all the ascetics.
Subtitle
Hearing this from the ascetics,
Kakutstha, whose soul was dharma,
spoke to them all.
॥ 3.6.22ab ॥
CrEd 3.5.19ef
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
नैवम् अर्हथ मां वक्तुम् आज्ञाप्योऽहं तपस्विनाम् ॥
naivam arhatha māṃ vaktum ājñāpyo 'haṃ tapasvinām
Translation
You should not speak to me so;
I am the ascetics’ to command.
लीला
मुझसे विनती नहीं, आज्ञा कीजिए। मैं तपस्वियों का आज्ञाकारी हूँ।
Subtitle
Do not plead with me.
Command me:
I am the ascetics'
to command.
॥ 3.10.8–9 ॥
CrEd 3.9.8
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.6.24–25ab ॥
CrEd 3.5.20
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
भवताम् अर्थसिद्ध्यर्थम् आगतोऽहं यदृच्छया तस्य मेऽयं वने वासो भविष्यति महाफलः तपस्विनां रणे शत्रून् हन्तुम् इच्छामि राक्षसान् ॥
bhavatām arthasiddhyartham āgato 'haṃ yadṛcchayā tasya me 'yaṃ vane vāso bhaviṣyati mahāphalaḥ tapasvināṃ raṇe śatrūn hantum icchāmi rākṣasān
Translation
To bring your purpose to fulfilment
I have come, as chance would have it;
and this dwelling of mine in the forest
shall bear great fruit.
The ascetics’ enemies, the rakshasas,
I mean to slay in battle.
लीला
संयोग से ही मैं आपका काम पूरा करने आया हूँ। मेरा यह वनवास बड़ा फल देगा। तपस्वियों के शत्रु, इन राक्षसों को, मैं रण में मारूँगा।
Subtitle
By chance I have come, for your cause;
this exile will bear great fruit.
The rakshasas, your enemies,
I will kill in battle.
॥ 3.6.26 ॥
CrEd 3.5.21
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वाल्मीकि
दत्त्वा वरं चापि तपोधनानां धर्मे धृतात्मा सहलक्ष्मणेन ।
तपोधनैश् चापि सहार्यवृत्तः सुतीक्ष्णम् एवाभिजगाम वीरः ॥
dattvā varaṃ cāpi tapodhanānāṃ dharme dhṛtātmā sahalakṣmaṇena
tapodhanaiś cāpi sahāryavṛttaḥ sutīkṣṇam evābhijagāma vīraḥ
Translation
Granting the wish of the men rich in penance,
his soul held firm in dharma, with Lakshmana,
noble in conduct, and with the ascetics too,
the hero went on to Sutikshna.
Subtitle
Having granted the ascetics' wish,
steadfast in dharma,
the hero went with Lakshmana
and the sages to Sutikshna.
The sword left in trust
॥ 3.8.2–3 ॥
CrEd 3.7.2–3
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वाल्मीकि
उत्थाय तु यथाकालं राघवः सह सीतया ।
उपास्पृशत् सुशीतेन जलेनोत्पलगन्धिना ।
अथ तेऽग्निं सुरांश् चैव वैदेही रामलक्ष्मणौ ।
काल्यं विधिवद् अभ्यर्च्य तपस्विशरणे वने ॥
utthāya tu yathākālaṃ rāghavaḥ saha sītayā
upāspṛśat suśītena jalenotpalagandhinā
atha te 'gniṃ surāṃś caiva vaidehī rāmalakṣmaṇau
kālyaṃ vidhivad abhyarcya tapasviśaraṇe vane
Translation
Rising at the proper hour,
Raghava, with Sita,
touched the coolest water,
water fragrant with the lotus.
Then to the fire and to the gods,
Vaidehi, Rama, Lakshmana,
paid worship due at break of day,
in the forest, the ascetics’ refuge.
Subtitle
Rising at the right hour,
Raghava and Sita touched cool water
scented with lotus, and worshipped
the fire and the gods at dawn.
॥ 3.8.9–10, 17 ॥
CrEd 3.7.9cd–10, 17
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वाल्मीकि
ववन्दे सहसौमित्रिः सीतया सह राघवः ।
तौ संस्पृशन्तौ चरणाव् उत्थाप्य मुनिपुंगवः ।
गाढम् आलिङ्ग्य सस्नेहम् इदं वचनम् अब्रवीत् ।
एवम् उक्तस् तथेत्य् उक्त्वा काकुत्स्थः सहलक्ष्मणः ।
प्रदक्षिणं मुनिं कृत्वा प्रस्थातुम् उपचक्रमे ॥
vavande sahasaumitriḥ sītayā saha rāghavaḥ
tau saṃspṛśantau caraṇāv utthāpya munipuṃgavaḥ
gāḍham āliṅgya sasneham idaṃ vacanam abravīt
evam uktas tathety uktvā kākutsthaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ
pradakṣiṇaṃ muniṃ kṛtvā prasthātum upacakrame
Translation
With Saumitri he bowed,
Raghava, with Sita.
As the two touched his feet, the bull among sages
raised them up,
and holding them close, with love,
he spoke these words.
So addressed, and saying “So be it,”
Kakutstha with Lakshmana
walked round the sage, keeping him on the right,
and made ready to go.
Subtitle
With Sita and Saumitri,
Raghava bowed at the sage's feet.
The great sage raised them
and held them close, with love.
॥ 3.8.18 ॥
CrEd 3.7.18
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वाल्मीकि
ततः शुभतरे तूणी धनुषी चायतेक्षणा ।
ददौ सीता तयोर् भ्रात्रोः खड्गौ च विमलौ ततः ॥
tataḥ śubhatare tūṇī dhanuṣī cāyatekṣaṇā
dadau sītā tayor bhrātroḥ khaḍgau ca vimalau tataḥ
Translation
Then the splendid quivers and the bows
did wide-eyed Sita
give to the two brothers,
and then the two bright swords.
Subtitle
Then wide-eyed Sita gave the brothers
their fine quivers and bows,
and two bright swords.
॥ 3.8.19 ॥
CrEd 3.7.19
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.9.1 ॥
CrEd 3.8.1
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वाल्मीकि
सुतीक्ष्णेनाभ्यनुज्ञातं प्रस्थितं रघुनन्दनम् ।
वैदेही स्निग्धया वाचा भर्तारम् इदम् अब्रवीत् ॥
sutīkṣṇenābhyanujñātaṃ prasthitaṃ raghunandanam
vaidehī snigdhayā vācā bhartāram idam abravīt
Translation
To Raghunandana, setting out
with Sutikshna’s leave,
Vaidehi, in a loving voice,
spoke thus, to her husband.
Subtitle
As he set out with Sutikshna's leave,
Vaidehi spoke to her husband
in a loving voice.
॥ 3.9.3–4ab ॥
CrEd 3.8.3
सीताSita
वाल्मीकि
त्रीण्य् एव व्यसनान्य् अत्र कामजानि भवन्त्य् उत मिथ्या वाक्यं परमकं तस्माद् गुरुतराव् उभौ परदाराभिगमनं विना वैरं च रौद्रता ॥
trīṇy eva vyasanāny atra kāmajāni bhavanty uta mithyā vākyaṃ paramakaṃ tasmād gurutarāv ubhau paradārābhigamanaṃ vinā vairaṃ ca raudratā
Translation
Three vices only are there here,
and born of desire they are:
false speech is grave indeed,
yet graver than it are two:
going to another’s wife,
and cruelty with no enmity.
लीला
इच्छा से तीन दोष जन्म लेते हैं। झूठ बोलना बड़ा दोष है। उससे भी भारी दो हैं: पराई स्त्री, और बिना बैर की क्रूरता।
Subtitle
Three faults are born of desire.
The false word is grave;
graver still: another's wife,
and cruelty without enmity.
॥ 3.9.4cd–5ab, 9 ॥
CrEd 3.8.4, 6
सीताSita
वाल्मीकि
मिथ्यावाक्यं न ते भूतं न भविष्यति राघव कुतोऽभिलषणं स्त्रीणां परेषां धर्मनाशनम् … तृतीयं यद् इदं रौद्रं परप्राणाभिहिंसनम् निर्वैरं क्रियते मोहात् तच् च ते समुपस्थितम् ॥
mithyāvākyaṃ na te bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati rāghava kuto 'bhilaṣaṇaṃ strīṇāṃ pareṣāṃ dharmanāśanam … tṛtīyaṃ yad idaṃ raudraṃ paraprāṇābhihiṃsanam nirvairaṃ kriyate mohāt tac ca te samupasthitam
Translation
False speech has never been yours,
nor ever will be, Raghava;
whence the desire for others’ wives,
the ruin of dharma? …
The third, this cruelty,
the harming of others’ lives,
done without enmity, in delusion:
that now stands before you.
लीला
झूठ आपने कभी नहीं बोला, राघव, न कभी बोलेंगे। पराई स्त्री की चाह आपमें कहाँ? पर तीसरा, बिना बैर किसी के प्राण लेना, वही अब आपके सामने खड़ा है।
Subtitle
You never spoke falsely, Raghava,
nor will you; another's wife, never.
But the third, killing without enmity,
now stands before you.
॥ 3.9.10 ॥
CrEd 3.8.7
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वाल्मीकि
प्रतिज्ञातस् त्वया वीर दण्डकारण्यवासिनाम् ।
ऋषीणां रक्षणार्थाय वधः संयति रक्षसाम् ॥
pratijñātas tvayā vīra daṇḍakāraṇyavāsinām
ṛṣīṇāṃ rakṣaṇārthāya vadhaḥ saṃyati rakṣasām
Translation
You have promised, hero,
to those who dwell in the Dandaka,
the seers, for their protection,
the slaying of rakshasas in battle.
Subtitle
You have promised, hero,
the seers who live in the Dandaka
to kill the rakshasas in battle,
to protect them.
॥ 3.9.13–14 ॥
CrEd 3.8.10–11
सीताSita
वाल्मीकि
न हि मे रोचते वीर गमनं दण्डकान् प्रति … त्वं हि बाणधनुष्पाणिर् भ्रात्रा सह वनं गतः दृष्ट्वा वनचरान् सर्वान् कच्चित् कुर्याः शरव्ययम् ॥
na hi me rocate vīra gamanaṃ daṇḍakān prati … tvaṃ hi bāṇadhanuṣpāṇir bhrātrā saha vanaṃ gataḥ dṛṣṭvā vanacarān sarvān kaccit kuryāḥ śaravyayam
Translation
This going to the Dandaka
does not please me, hero. …
For bow and arrows in your hand,
you have come with your brother to the forest;
seeing all the forest creatures,
might you not spend your arrows on them?
लीला
मुझे यह दण्डक की ओर जाना अच्छा नहीं लगता, वीर। आप भाई के साथ, धनुष-बाण हाथ में लिए, वन में हैं। कहीं हर वनचर पर बाण न चला बैठें।
Subtitle
I do not like this going
to the Dandaka, hero.
Bow in hand, in the forest,
you may loose your arrows at every creature.
॥ 3.9.15 ॥
CrEd 3.8.12
सीताSita
वाल्मीकि
क्षत्रियाणाम् इह धनुर् हुताशस्येन्धनानि च समीपतः स्थितं तेजोबलम् उच्छ्रयते भृशम् ॥
kṣatriyāṇām iha dhanur hutāśasyendhanāni ca samīpataḥ sthitaṃ tejobalam ucchrayate bhṛśam
Translation
For kshatriyas here, the bow
is as fuel to the fire:
kept close at hand, it makes
their fiery strength flare high.
लीला
क्षत्रिय के पास धनुष, जैसे आग के पास ईंधन। पास रहे, तो तेज और बल भड़क उठता है।
Subtitle
A bow to a kshatriya
is fuel to a fire:
kept close,
it makes his fierce strength blaze.
॥ 3.9.16–17 ॥
CrEd 3.8.13–14
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
पुरा किल महाबाहो तपस्वी सत्यवाक् शुचिः ।
कस्मिंश् चिद् अभवत् पुण्ये वने रतमृगद्विजे ।
तस्यैव तपसो विघ्नं कर्तुम् इन्द्रः शचीपतिः ।
खड्गपाणिर् अथागच्छद् आश्रमं भटरूपधृक् ॥
purā kila mahābāho tapasvī satyavāk śuciḥ
kasmiṃś cid abhavat puṇye vane ratamṛgadvije
tasyaiva tapaso vighnaṃ kartum indraḥ śacīpatiḥ
khaḍgapāṇir athāgacchad āśramaṃ bhaṭarūpadhṛk
Translation
Long ago, they say, O mighty-armed,
an ascetic, truthful, pure,
dwelt in a certain holy forest
where deer and birds took joy.
To set an obstacle to his penance,
Indra, Shachi’s lord,
came, sword in hand, to the hermitage,
wearing a warrior’s form.
Subtitle
Long ago, in a holy forest,
lived an ascetic, truthful and pure.
To break his penance, Indra came,
sword in hand, as a warrior.
॥ 3.9.18–21 ॥
CrEd 3.8.15–18
सीताSita
वाल्मीकि
तस्मिंस् तद् आश्रमपदे निहितः खड्ग उत्तमः … यत्र गच्छत्य् उपादातुं मूलानि च फलानि च न विना याति तं खड्गं न्यासरक्षणतत्परः नित्यं शस्त्रं परिवहन् क्रमेण स तपोधनः चकार रौद्रीं स्वां बुद्धिं त्यक्त्वा तपसि निश्चयम् ॥
tasmiṃs tad āśramapade nihitaḥ khaḍga uttamaḥ … yatra gacchaty upādātuṃ mūlāni ca phalāni ca na vinā yāti taṃ khaḍgaṃ nyāsarakṣaṇatatparaḥ nityaṃ śastraṃ parivahan krameṇa sa tapodhanaḥ cakāra raudrīṃ svāṃ buddhiṃ tyaktvā tapasi niścayam
Translation
In that hermitage was laid
a fine sword. …
Wherever he went to gather
roots and fruits,
he never went without that sword,
intent on guarding the trust.
Ever carrying the weapon,
little by little that man of penance
made his own mind cruel,
forsaking his resolve for penance.
लीला
उस आश्रम में इन्द्र ने अपनी तलवार धरोहर रख दी। तपस्वी फल-मूल लेने भी जाता, तो उसे साथ ले जाता। धीरे-धीरे उसने तप छोड़ा, और मन कठोर कर लिया।
Subtitle
There he left his fine sword, in trust.
Guarding it, the ascetic carried it always,
and little by little
gave up penance for cruelty.
॥ 3.9.22 ॥
CrEd 3.8.19
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
ततः स रौद्राभिरतः प्रमत्तोऽधर्मकर्षितः ।
तस्य शस्त्रस्य संवासाज् जगाम नरकं मुनिः ॥
tataḥ sa raudrābhirataḥ pramatto 'dharmakarṣitaḥ
tasya śastrasya saṃvāsāj jagāma narakaṃ muniḥ
Translation
Then, given over to cruelty,
heedless, dragged down by adharma,
from dwelling with that weapon
the sage went down to hell.
Subtitle
Then, given to cruelty, heedless,
dragged down by adharma,
from living with the weapon
the sage went to hell.
॥ 3.9.24ab ॥
CrEd 3.8.20ab
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.9.26–27 ॥
CrEd 3.8.22–23
सीताSita
वाल्मीकि
क्षत्रियाणां तु वीराणां वनेषु नियतात्मनाम् धनुषा कार्यम् एतावद् आर्तानाम् अभिरक्षणम् क्व च शस्त्रं क्व च वनं क्व च क्षात्रं तपः क्व च व्याविद्धम् इदम् अस्माभिर् देशधर्मस् तु पूज्यताम् ॥
kṣatriyāṇāṃ tu vīrāṇāṃ vaneṣu niyatātmanām dhanuṣā kāryam etāvad ārtānām abhirakṣaṇam kva ca śastraṃ kva ca vanaṃ kva ca kṣātraṃ tapaḥ kva ca vyāviddham idam asmābhir deśadharmas tu pūjyatām
Translation
For kshatriyas, for heroes
living self-restrained in forests,
this much is the bow’s work:
to guard those in distress.
Where the weapon, where the forest?
Where the warrior’s way, where penance?
These stand at odds; let us honour
the dharma of the place.
लीला
वन में संयम से रहते क्षत्रिय के धनुष का बस एक काम है: दुखियों की रक्षा। कहाँ शस्त्र, कहाँ वन? कहाँ क्षत्रिय-धर्म, कहाँ तप? हम जहाँ हैं, वहीं का धर्म मानें।
Subtitle
A forest kshatriya's bow has one work:
to guard those in pain.
Where the weapon, where the forest?
Where the warrior's way, where penance?
॥ 3.9.28 ॥
CrEd 3.8.24
सीताSita
वाल्मीकि
तद् आर्यकलुषा बुद्धिर् जायते शस्त्रसेवनात् पुनर् गत्वा त्व् अयोध्यायां क्षत्रधर्मं चरिष्यसि ॥
tad āryakaluṣā buddhir jāyate śastrasevanāt punar gatvā tv ayodhyāyāṃ kṣatradharmaṃ cariṣyasi
Translation
So, from serving the weapon,
the mind grows stained, unworthy of the noble.
When you have gone back to Ayodhya,
then you will keep the kshatriya’s dharma.
लीला
शस्त्र के संग से बुद्धि मैली हो जाती है। अयोध्या लौटकर, फिर क्षत्रिय-धर्म निभाइएगा।
Subtitle
Living with the weapon
clouds the mind.
Back in Ayodhya,
you will keep a kshatriya's dharma again.
॥ 3.9.24ab, 33 ॥
CrEd 3.8.20ab, 29bcd
सीताSita
वाल्मीकि
स्नेहाच् च बहुमानाच् च स्मारये त्वां न शिक्षये … धर्मं च वक्तुं तव कः समर्थः विचार्य बुद्ध्या तु सहानुजेन यद् रोचते तत् कुरु माचिरेण ॥
snehāc ca bahumānāc ca smāraye tvāṃ na śikṣaye … dharmaṃ ca vaktuṃ tava kaḥ samarthaḥ vicārya buddhyā tu sahānujena yad rocate tat kuru mācireṇa
Translation
From love and from deep respect
I remind you; I do not teach. …
and who is able to tell you of dharma?
Weigh it in your mind, with your younger brother,
and what seems right to you, do it without delay.
लीला
मैं स्नेह और आदर से याद दिला रही हूँ, सिखा नहीं रही। आपको धर्म कौन सिखा सकता है? छोटे भाई के साथ सोच लीजिए, और जो ठीक लगे, जल्दी कीजिए।
Subtitle
From love and respect I remind you;
I do not teach. Who could teach you dharma?
Weigh it with your brother;
do what seems right.
॥ 3.10.1 ॥
CrEd 3.9.1a
silent moment मौन क्षण
The word given
॥ 3.10.1 ॥
CrEd 3.9.1
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
वाक्यम् एतत् तु वैदेह्या व्याहृतं भर्तृभक्तया ।
श्रुत्वा धर्मे स्थितो रामः प्रत्युवाचाथ मैथिलीम् ॥
vākyam etat tu vaidehyā vyāhṛtaṃ bhartṛbhaktayā
śrutvā dharme sthito rāmaḥ pratyuvācātha maithilīm
Translation
These words that Vaidehi spoke,
devoted to her husband,
Rama heard, standing firm in dharma,
and then he answered Maithili.
Subtitle
Hearing these words of Vaidehi,
devoted to her husband,
Rama, standing in dharma,
answered Maithili.
॥ 3.10.1 ॥
CrEd 3.9.1
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.10.2–3 ॥
CrEd 3.9.2–3
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
हितम् उक्तं त्वया देवि स्निग्धया सदृशं वचः … त्वयैवोक्तम् इदं वचः क्षत्रियैर् धार्यते चापो नार्तशब्दो भवेद् इति ॥
hitam uktaṃ tvayā devi snigdhayā sadṛśaṃ vacaḥ … tvayaivoktam idaṃ vacaḥ kṣatriyair dhāryate cāpo nārtaśabdo bhaved iti
Translation
For my good you have spoken, devi,
with love, in fitting words. …
you yourself have said these words:
“Kshatriyas bear the bow
that no cry of pain may rise.”
लीला
देवी, तुमने स्नेह से मेरे भले की बात कही। पर तुमने ही तो कहा था: क्षत्रिय धनुष इसलिए धारण करते हैं, कि कहीं दुख की पुकार न सुनाई दे।
Subtitle
You spoke for my good, devi, with love.
But you said it yourself:
kshatriyas bear the bow
so that no cry of pain is heard.
॥ 3.10.4 ॥
CrEd 3.9.4
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वाल्मीकि
ते चार्ता दण्डकारण्ये मुनयः संशितव्रताः ।
मां सीते स्वयम् आगम्य शरण्याः शरणं गताः ॥
te cārtā daṇḍakāraṇye munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ
māṃ sīte svayam āgamya śaraṇyāḥ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ
Translation
And those sages of the Dandaka, in distress,
keen in their vows,
came to me themselves, Sita:
givers of refuge, seeking refuge.
Subtitle
Those sages of the Dandaka, in pain,
firm in their vows,
came to me themselves, Sita:
refuge-givers, seeking refuge.
॥ 3.10.6cd–7ab ॥
CrEd 3.9.6
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
काले काले च निरता नियमैर् विविधैर् वने भक्ष्यन्ते राक्षसैर् भीमैर् नरमांसोपजीविभिः ॥
kāle kāle ca niratā niyamair vividhair vane bhakṣyante rākṣasair bhīmair naramāṃsopajīvibhiḥ
Translation
At every season, in the forest,
given to their many vows,
they are devoured by dreadful rakshasas
who live on human flesh.
लीला
वन में तरह-तरह के नियम-व्रत में लगे उन मुनियों को, नरमांस पर जीने वाले भयानक राक्षस खा जाते हैं।
Subtitle
Keeping their many vows
in the forest,
they are eaten by dreadful rakshasas
who live on human flesh.
॥ 3.10.13cd–15ab ॥
CrEd 3.9.13–14
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
कामं तपः प्रभावेन शक्ता हन्तुं निशाचरान् चिरार्जितं तु नेच्छामस् तपः खण्डयितुं वयम् … तेन शापं न मुञ्चामो भक्ष्यमाणाश् च राक्षसैः ॥
kāmaṃ tapaḥ prabhāvena śaktā hantuṃ niśācarān cirārjitaṃ tu necchāmas tapaḥ khaṇḍayituṃ vayam … tena śāpaṃ na muñcāmo bhakṣyamāṇāś ca rākṣasaiḥ
Translation
“Indeed by the power of penance
we could slay the night-walkers;
but penance long amassed
we do not wish to break. …
So we let fall no curse,
though rakshasas devour us.”
लीला
उन्होंने कहा: तप के बल से हम इन निशाचरों को मार सकते हैं, पर बरसों का कमाया तप खंडित नहीं करेंगे। राक्षस हमें खा भी रहे हों, तो भी हम शाप नहीं देते।
Subtitle
"Our penance could kill them;
but we will not break
the penance of long years.
Even as they eat us, we do not curse."
॥ 3.10.16cd–17ab ॥
CrEd 3.9.16
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वाल्मीकि
मया चैतद् वचः श्रुत्वा कार्त्स्न्येन परिपालनम् ।
ऋषीणां दण्डकारण्ये संश्रुतं जनकात्मजे ॥
mayā caitad vacaḥ śrutvā kārtsnyena paripālanam
ṛṣīṇāṃ daṇḍakāraṇye saṃśrutaṃ janakātmaje
Translation
And I, when I heard these words,
to guard them wholly,
the seers in the Dandaka forest,
gave my promise, daughter of Janaka.
Subtitle
Hearing this, Janaka's daughter,
I promised to guard
the seers of the Dandaka,
wholly.
॥ 3.10.17cd–18ab ॥
CrEd 3.9.17
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
संश्रुत्य च न शक्ष्यामि जीवमानः प्रतिश्रवम् मुनीनाम् अन्यथा कर्तुं सत्यम् इष्टं हि मे सदा ॥
saṃśrutya ca na śakṣyāmi jīvamānaḥ pratiśravam munīnām anyathā kartuṃ satyam iṣṭaṃ hi me sadā
Translation
Having promised, while I live
I shall not be able
to make my pledge to the sages false;
for truth is ever dear to me.
लीला
वचन देकर, जीते-जी, मैं मुनियों से किया वादा झूठा नहीं कर सकता। सत्य मुझे सदा प्यारा है।
Subtitle
Having promised,
while I live I cannot
break my word to the sages.
Truth is ever dear to me.
॥ 3.10.18cd–19ab ॥
CrEd 3.9.18
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
अप्य् अहं जीवितं जह्यां त्वां वा सीते सलक्ष्मणाम् न तु प्रतिज्ञां संश्रुत्य ब्राह्मणेभ्यो विशेषतः ॥
apy ahaṃ jīvitaṃ jahyāṃ tvāṃ vā sīte salakṣmaṇām na tu pratijñāṃ saṃśrutya brāhmaṇebhyo viśeṣataḥ
Translation
I might give up my life,
or you, Sita, with Lakshmana,
but not a promise, once given,
and to brahmins least of all.
लीला
मैं प्राण छोड़ सकता हूँ, सीता, तुम्हें भी, लक्ष्मण समेत। पर दिया हुआ वचन नहीं। ब्राह्मणों को दिया वचन, तो कभी नहीं।
Subtitle
I could give up my life, Sita,
or you, and Lakshmana with you;
but not a promise made,
least of all to brahmins.
॥ 3.10.18cd–19ab ॥
CrEd 3.9.18
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.10.19cd–20ab ॥
CrEd 3.9.19
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
तद् अवश्यं मया कार्यम् ऋषीणां परिपालनम् ।
अनुक्तेनापि वैदेहि प्रतिज्ञाय तु किं पुनः ॥
tad avaśyaṃ mayā kāryam ṛṣīṇāṃ paripālanam
anuktenāpi vaidehi pratijñāya tu kiṃ punaḥ
Translation
So I must, without fail,
guard the seers;
unasked, Vaidehi, I would;
how much more, having promised?
Subtitle
So I must guard the seers, Vaidehi.
Unasked, I would;
how much more
now that I have promised?
॥ 3.10.20cd–21ab ॥
CrEd 3.9.20
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
मम स्नेहाच् च सौहार्दाद् इदम् उक्तं त्वया वचः परितुष्टोऽस्म्य् अहं सीते न ह्य् अनिष्टोऽनुशिष्यते ॥
mama snehāc ca sauhārdād idam uktaṃ tvayā vacaḥ parituṣṭo 'smy ahaṃ sīte na hy aniṣṭo 'nuśiṣyate
Translation
From love for me and friendship
you have spoken these words.
I am well pleased, Sita;
none counsels one not dear.
लीला
तुमने यह स्नेह और सौहार्द से कहा। मैं प्रसन्न हूँ, सीता। जिसे चाहते नहीं, उसे कोई सीख नहीं देता।
Subtitle
You said this from love for me.
I am pleased, Sita:
no one counsels
one they do not love.
॥ 3.10.22 ॥
CrEd 3.9.21
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
इत्य् एवम् उक्त्वा वचनं महात्मा सीतां प्रियां मैथिलराजपुत्रीम् ।
रामो धनुष्मान् सहलक्ष्मणेन जगाम रम्याणि तपोवनानि ॥
ity evam uktvā vacanaṃ mahātmā sītāṃ priyāṃ maithilarājaputrīm
rāmo dhanuṣmān sahalakṣmaṇena jagāma ramyāṇi tapovanāni
Translation
Having spoken thus, the great-souled one,
to Sita, his beloved, daughter of Mithila’s king,
Rama, bow in hand, with Lakshmana,
went into the lovely groves of penance.
Subtitle
So the great-souled Rama spoke
to his beloved Sita, Mithila's princess,
and, bow in hand, with Lakshmana,
went into the lovely groves of penance.
॥ 3.11.1 ॥
CrEd 3.10.1
silent moment मौन क्षण