Shurpanakha
॥ 3.17.3–4 ॥
CrEd 3.16.3
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.17.5–9a ॥
CrEd 3.16.4–7
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.17.9b–11 ॥
CrEd 3.16.8–10
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.17.13 ॥
CrEd 3.16.11cd
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
आगतस् त्वम् इमं देशं कथं राक्षससेवितम् ।
किम् आगमनकृत्यं ते तत् त्वम् आख्यातुम् अर्हसि ॥
āgatas tvam imaṃ deśaṃ kathaṃ rākṣasasevitam
kim āgamanakṛtyaṃ te tat tvam ākhyātum arhasi
Translation
How have you come to this land,
where rakshasas dwell?
What business brings you here?
You should tell me.
लीला
यह राक्षसों का देश है। तुम यहाँ कैसे आ पहुँचे? बताओ, किस काम से आए हो?
Subtitle
How have you come
to this land where rakshasas live?
Tell me what brings you here.
॥ 3.17.15 ॥
CrEd 3.16.13
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
आसीद् दशरथो नाम राजा त्रिदशविक्रमः ।
तस्याहम् अग्रजः पुत्रो रामो नाम जनैः श्रुतः ॥
āsīd daśaratho nāma rājā tridaśavikramaḥ
tasyāham agrajaḥ putro rāmo nāma janaiḥ śrutaḥ
Translation
There was a king named Dasharatha,
with the valour of the gods;
I am his eldest son,
known among men as Rama.
लीला
दशरथ नाम के एक राजा थे, देवताओं जैसे पराक्रमी। मैं उनका बड़ा बेटा हूँ। लोग मुझे राम कहते हैं।
Subtitle
There was a king, Dasharatha,
valiant as a god.
I am his eldest son.
People know me as Rama.
॥ 3.17.16 ॥
CrEd 3.16.14
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
भ्रातायं लक्ष्मणो नाम यवीयान् माम् अनुव्रतः ।
इयं भार्या च वैदेही मम सीतेति विश्रुता ॥
bhrātāyaṃ lakṣmaṇo nāma yavīyān mām anuvrataḥ
iyaṃ bhāryā ca vaidehī mama sīteti viśrutā
Translation
This is my younger brother, Lakshmana,
who follows me faithfully;
and this is my wife, Vaidehi,
known by the name of Sita.
लीला
यह मेरा छोटा भाई लक्ष्मण है, जो मेरे साथ चलता है। और यह मेरी पत्नी वैदेही है, जिसे सब सीता कहते हैं।
Subtitle
This is my younger brother,
Lakshmana, who follows me.
And this is my wife, Vaidehi,
known as Sita.
॥ 3.17.18–19 ॥
CrEd 3.16.16
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
त्वां तु वेदितुम् इच्छामि कथ्यतां कासि कस्य वा ।
इह वा किंनिमित्तं त्वम् आगता ब्रूहि तत्त्वतः ॥
tvāṃ tu veditum icchāmi kathyatāṃ kāsi kasya vā
iha vā kiṃnimittaṃ tvam āgatā brūhi tattvataḥ
Translation
But I wish to know of you:
tell me who you are, and whose;
or why you have come here:
tell me truly.
लीला
अब मैं तुम्हारे बारे में जानना चाहता हूँ। तुम कौन हो, किसकी हो? सच बताओ, यहाँ किसलिए आई हो?
Subtitle
Now I would know of you.
Who are you, and whose?
Tell me truly
why you have come here.
॥ 3.17.20–21a ॥
CrEd 3.16.17c–18
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
श्रूयतां राम वक्ष्यामि तत्त्वार्थं वचनं मम ।
अहं शूर्पणखा नाम राक्षसी कामरूपिणी ।
अरण्यं विचरामीदम् एका सर्वभयंकरा ॥
śrūyatāṃ rāma vakṣyāmi tattvārthaṃ vacanaṃ mama
ahaṃ śūrpaṇakhā nāma rākṣasī kāmarūpiṇī
araṇyaṃ vicarāmīdam ekā sarvabhayaṃkarā
Translation
Listen, Rama: I will tell you
words that are the truth.
I am a rakshasi named Shurpanakha,
taking what form I please.
I roam this forest
alone, a terror to all.
लीला
सच सुनो, राम। मैं शूर्पणखा हूँ, राक्षसी। जो चाहूँ, वही रूप धर लूँ। इस वन में अकेली घूमती हूँ, और सब मुझसे डरते हैं।
Subtitle
Hear the truth, Rama.
I am Shurpanakha, a rakshasi
who takes any form I please.
I roam this forest alone, and all fear me.
॥ 3.17.21b–23 ॥
CrEd 3.16.19–20
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
रावणो नाम मे भ्राता राक्षसो राक्षसेश्वरः ।
प्रवृद्धनिद्रश् च सदा कुम्भकर्णो महाबलः ।
विभीषणस् तु धर्मात्मा न तु राक्षसचेष्टितः ।
प्रख्यातवीर्यौ च रणे भ्रातरौ खरदूषणौ ॥
rāvaṇo nāma me bhrātā rākṣaso rākṣaseśvaraḥ
pravṛddhanidraś ca sadā kumbhakarṇo mahābalaḥ
vibhīṣaṇas tu dharmātmā na tu rākṣasaceṣṭitaḥ
prakhyātavīryau ca raṇe bhrātarau kharadūṣaṇau
Translation
My brother is the rakshasa named Ravana,
lord of the rakshasas;
and mighty Kumbhakarna,
ever deep in sleep;
and Vibhishana, righteous of soul,
who does not act as rakshasas do;
and my brothers Khara and Dushana,
famed for their valour in battle.
लीला
रावण मेरा भाई है, राक्षसों का राजा। सदा सोने वाला कुम्भकर्ण भी। धर्मात्मा विभीषण भी, जो राक्षसों जैसा नहीं। और रण में नामी खर और दूषण भी।
Subtitle
Ravana, lord of rakshasas, is my brother;
so is Kumbhakarna, ever asleep;
righteous Vibhishana, no rakshasa in his ways;
and Khara and Dushana, famed in war.
॥ 3.17.24 ॥
CrEd 3.16.21ab-cd
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
तान् अहं समतिक्रान्ता राम त्वापूर्वदर्शनात् ।
समुपेतास्मि भावेन भर्तारं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥
tān ahaṃ samatikrāntā rāma tvāpūrvadarśanāt
samupetāsmi bhāvena bhartāraṃ puruṣottamam
Translation
I surpass them all, Rama;
from the first sight of you
I have come to you with love,
to have you, best of men, for my husband.
लीला
मैं उन सबसे बढ़कर हूँ, राम। तुम्हें पहली बार देखते ही, मैं तुम्हारे पास चली आई। तुम्हें अपना पति बनाने, पुरुषोत्तम।
Subtitle
I surpass them all, Rama.
From the first sight of you,
best of men, I have come to you,
wanting you for my husband.
॥ 3.17.26 ॥
CrEd 3.16.22
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
विकृता च विरूपा च न सेयं सदृशी तव ।
अहम् एवानुरूपा ते भार्या रूपेण पश्य माम् ॥
vikṛtā ca virūpā ca na seyaṃ sadṛśī tava
aham evānurūpā te bhāryā rūpeṇa paśya mām
Translation
Misshapen she is, and ugly;
she is no match for you.
I alone am the wife to suit you:
look at me, at my form.
लीला
यह विकृत है, कुरूप है, तुम्हारे जोड़ की नहीं। तुम्हारे जोड़ की पत्नी तो बस मैं हूँ। मुझे देखो!
Subtitle
She is misshapen, ugly,
no match for you.
I alone am the wife to match you.
Look at me!
॥ 3.17.27 ॥
CrEd 3.16.23
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
इमां विरूपाम् असतीं करालां निर्णतोदरीम् ।
अनेन सह ते भ्रात्रा भक्षयिष्यामि मानुषीम् ॥
imāṃ virūpām asatīṃ karālāṃ nirṇatodarīm
anena saha te bhrātrā bhakṣayiṣyāmi mānuṣīm
Translation
This ugly, wanton, hideous woman,
with her hollow belly,
this human, I will devour,
and this brother of yours with her.
लीला
इस कुरूप, दुष्ट, विकराल, धँसे पेट वाली मानवी को मैं खा जाऊँगी। और इसके साथ तुम्हारे इस भाई को भी।
Subtitle
This misshapen, wicked, hideous,
hollow-bellied human woman
I will eat,
and your brother with her.
॥ 3.18.1 ॥
CrEd 3.17.1
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.18.2 ॥
CrEd 3.17.2
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
कृतदारोऽस्मि भवति भार्येयं दयिता मम ।
त्वद्विधानां तु नारीणां सुदुःखा ससपत्नता ॥
kṛtadāro 'smi bhavati bhāryeyaṃ dayitā mama
tvadvidhānāṃ tu nārīṇāṃ suduḥkhā sasapatnatā
Translation
Lady, I am married;
this is my wife, my beloved.
For women such as you,
a rival wife is a bitter sorrow.
लीला
भद्रे, मैं ब्याहा हुआ हूँ। यह मेरी प्यारी पत्नी है। तुम जैसी स्त्री को सौत के साथ रहना बहुत खलेगा।
Subtitle
Lady, I am married.
This is my beloved wife.
For women like you,
a rival wife is bitter to bear.
॥ 3.18.3 ॥
CrEd 3.17.3
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
अनुजस् त्व् एष मे भ्राता शीलवान् प्रियदर्शनः ।
श्रीमान् अकृतदारश् च लक्ष्मणो नाम वीर्यवान् ॥
anujas tv eṣa me bhrātā śīlavān priyadarśanaḥ
śrīmān akṛtadāraś ca lakṣmaṇo nāma vīryavān
Translation
But this is my younger brother,
of good character, fair to see,
splendid, unmarried,
Lakshmana by name, and strong.
लीला
पर यह मेरा छोटा भाई है, लक्ष्मण। सुशील है, सुंदर है, भाग्यवान है, बलवान है, और अभी कुँवारा है।
Subtitle
But here is my younger brother,
Lakshmana: good-natured, handsome,
fortunate, strong,
and not yet married.
॥ 3.18.6 ॥
CrEd 3.17.6
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.18.7 ॥
CrEd 3.17.7
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
अस्य रूपस्य ते युक्ता भार्याहं वरवर्णिनी ।
मया सह सुखं सर्वान् दण्डकान् विचरिष्यसि ॥
asya rūpasya te yuktā bhāryāhaṃ varavarṇinī
mayā saha sukhaṃ sarvān daṇḍakān vicariṣyasi
Translation
I am the wife to fit your beauty,
I, of the finest colour;
with me you will roam in joy
through all the Dandaka forests.
लीला
तुम्हारे इस रूप के लायक पत्नी मैं हूँ, सुंदर रंग वाली। मेरे साथ सारे दण्डक वन में सुख से घूमना।
Subtitle
I am the wife
to suit your looks, and fair of colour.
With me you will roam
all the Dandaka, happy.
॥ 3.18.8 ॥
CrEd 3.17.8
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.18.9 ॥
CrEd 3.17.9
लक्ष्मणLakshmana
वाल्मीकि
कथं दासस्य मे दासी भार्या भवितुम् इच्छसि ।
सोऽहम् आर्येण परवान् भ्रात्रा कमलवर्णिनी ॥
kathaṃ dāsasya me dāsī bhāryā bhavitum icchasi
so 'ham āryeṇa paravān bhrātrā kamalavarṇinī
Translation
How can you wish to be
the wife of a servant, his servant?
I am in the power of my noble brother,
O lady of the lotus hue.
लीला
मैं ठहरा दास। दास की पत्नी बनकर दासी क्यों बनना चाहती हो? मैं तो अपने आर्य भाई के अधीन हूँ, कमलवर्णी।
Subtitle
I am a servant.
Why be a servant's wife,
a servant yourself?
I belong to my noble brother, lotus-hued lady.
॥ 3.18.11 ॥
CrEd 3.17.11
लक्ष्मणLakshmana
वाल्मीकि
एतां विरूपाम् असतीं करालां निर्णतोदरीम् ।
भार्यां वृद्धां परित्यज्य त्वाम् एवैष भजिष्यति ॥
etāṃ virūpām asatīṃ karālāṃ nirṇatodarīm
bhāryāṃ vṛddhāṃ parityajya tvām evaiṣa bhajiṣyati
Translation
This ugly, wanton, hideous wife,
with her hollow belly, now grown old,
he will cast off,
and take you alone.
लीला
वे अपनी इस कुरूप, दुष्ट, विकराल, धँसे पेट वाली बूढ़ी पत्नी को छोड़ देंगे, और बस तुम्हें ही चाहेंगे।
Subtitle
He will give up his wife,
'misshapen, wicked, hideous,
hollow-bellied, old',
and cherish only you.
॥ 3.18.13–14 ॥
CrEd 3.17.13–14
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.18.16 ॥
CrEd 3.17.16
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
अद्येमां भक्षयिष्यामि पश्यतस् तव मानुषीम् ।
त्वया सह चरिष्यामि निःसपत्ना यथासुखम् ॥
adyemāṃ bhakṣayiṣyāmi paśyatas tava mānuṣīm
tvayā saha cariṣyāmi niḥsapatnā yathāsukham
Translation
Today, while you watch, I will devour
this human woman;
and with you, with no rival,
I will roam as I please.
लीला
आज, तुम्हारी आँखों के सामने, इस मानवी को खा जाऊँगी! फिर कोई सौत नहीं। तुम्हारे साथ जैसे चाहूँ, घूमूँगी!
Subtitle
Today, before your eyes,
I will eat this woman,
and roam with you as I please,
with no rival!
॥ 3.18.17 ॥
CrEd 3.17.17
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.18.18 ॥
CrEd 3.17.18
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.18.19 ॥
CrEd 3.17.19
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
क्रूरैर् अनार्यैः सौमित्रे परिहासः कथं चन ।
न कार्यः पश्य वैदेहीं कथं चित् सौम्य जीवतीम् ॥
krūrair anāryaiḥ saumitre parihāsaḥ kathaṃ cana
na kāryaḥ paśya vaidehīṃ kathaṃ cit saumya jīvatīm
Translation
Saumitri, with the cruel and the base
one must never jest at all.
Look at Vaidehi, gentle one:
she is barely alive.
लीला
सौमित्र, क्रूर से हँसी कभी नहीं, नीच से ठिठोली कभी नहीं। वैदेही को देखो, सौम्य। किसी तरह जीवित है।
Subtitle
Saumitri, never jest
with the cruel and the base.
Look at Vaidehi, gentle brother:
she is barely alive.
॥ 3.18.20 ॥
CrEd 3.17.20
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
इमां विरूपाम् असतीम् अतिमत्तां महोदरीम् ।
राक्षसीं पुरुषव्याघ्र विरूपयितुम् अर्हसि ॥
imāṃ virūpām asatīm atimattāṃ mahodarīm
rākṣasīṃ puruṣavyāghra virūpayitum arhasi
Translation
This ugly, wanton rakshasi,
wild with frenzy, great of belly,
you should disfigure,
tiger among men.
लीला
नरशार्दूल, इस कुरूप, दुष्ट, उन्मत्त, बड़े पेट वाली राक्षसी को विरूप कर दो।
Subtitle
Tiger among men,
disfigure this rakshasi,
misshapen, wicked,
frenzied, big-bellied.
॥ 3.18.21 ॥
CrEd 3.17.21
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
इत्य् उक्तो लक्ष्मणस् तस्याः क्रुद्धो रामस्य पश्यतः ।
उद्धृत्य खड्गं चिच्छेद कर्णनासं महाबलः ॥
ity ukto lakṣmaṇas tasyāḥ kruddho rāmasya paśyataḥ
uddhṛtya khaḍgaṃ ciccheda karṇanāsaṃ mahābalaḥ
Translation
Told this, Lakshmana, in anger,
while Rama looked on,
mighty, drew his sword
and cut off her ears and nose.
Subtitle
He drew his sword
and cut off her ears and nose.
॥ 3.18.22 ॥
CrEd 3.17.22
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.18.22–24 ॥
CrEd 3.17.22–24
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.18.24 ॥
CrEd 3.17.24
silent moment मौन क्षण