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Shurpanakha

Valmiki · Aranya Kanda
3.17.3–3.18.24 (CrEd 3.16.3–3.17.24)

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At Panchavati the rakshasi Shurpanakha, Ravana's sister, sees Rama and asks him to be her husband. Rama, smiling, sends her to Lakshmana, and Lakshmana sends her back; mocked, she rushes at Sita to devour her. At Rama's word Lakshmana cuts off her ears and nose.

Sanskrit · English·Translation: Raam Leela

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Shurpanakha

Valmiki 3.17.3–3.18.24 (CrEd 3.16.3–3.17.24)

॥ 3.17.3–4 ॥

CrEd 3.16.3

silent moment

॥ 3.17.5–9a ॥

CrEd 3.16.4–7

silent moment

॥ 3.17.9b–11 ॥

CrEd 3.16.8–10

silent moment

॥ 3.17.13 ॥

CrEd 3.16.11cd

3.17.13cd: popular text only · not in the CrEd

Shurpanakha

Sanskrit

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

English

How have you come to this land,
where rakshasas dwell?
What business brings you here?
You should tell me.

॥ 3.17.15 ॥

CrEd 3.16.13

Rama

Sanskrit

आसीद् दशरथो नाम राजा त्रिदशविक्रमः ।
तस्याहम् अग्रजः पुत्रो रामो नाम जनैः श्रुतः ॥

āsīd daśaratho nāma rājā tridaśavikramaḥ
tasyāham agrajaḥ putro rāmo nāma janaiḥ śrutaḥ

English

There was a king named Dasharatha,
with the valour of the gods;
I am his eldest son,
known among men as Rama.

॥ 3.17.16 ॥

CrEd 3.16.14

Rama

Sanskrit

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

English

This is my younger brother, Lakshmana,
who follows me faithfully;
and this is my wife, Vaidehi,
known by the name of Sita.

॥ 3.17.18–19 ॥

CrEd 3.16.16

3.17.18b: popular text only · not in the CrEd

Rama

Sanskrit

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

English

But I wish to know of you:
tell me who you are, and whose;
or why you have come here:
tell me truly.

॥ 3.17.20–21a ॥

CrEd 3.16.17c–18

Shurpanakha

Sanskrit

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

English

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.

॥ 3.17.21b–23 ॥

CrEd 3.16.19–20

Shurpanakha

Sanskrit

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

English

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.

॥ 3.17.24 ॥

CrEd 3.16.21ab-cd

Shurpanakha

Sanskrit

तान् अहं समतिक्रान्ता राम त्वापूर्वदर्शनात् ।
समुपेतास्मि भावेन भर्तारं पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥

tān ahaṃ samatikrāntā rāma tvāpūrvadarśanāt
samupetāsmi bhāvena bhartāraṃ puruṣottamam

English

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.

॥ 3.17.26 ॥

CrEd 3.16.22

Shurpanakha

Sanskrit

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

English

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.

॥ 3.17.27 ॥

CrEd 3.16.23

Shurpanakha

Sanskrit

इमां विरूपाम् असतीं करालां निर्णतोदरीम् ।
अनेन सह ते भ्रात्रा भक्षयिष्यामि मानुषीम् ॥

imāṃ virūpām asatīṃ karālāṃ nirṇatodarīm
anena saha te bhrātrā bhakṣayiṣyāmi mānuṣīm

English

This ugly, wanton, hideous woman,
with her hollow belly,
this human, I will devour,
and this brother of yours with her.

॥ 3.18.1 ॥

CrEd 3.17.1

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॥ 3.18.2 ॥

CrEd 3.17.2

Rama

Sanskrit

कृतदारोऽस्मि भवति भार्येयं दयिता मम ।
त्वद्विधानां तु नारीणां सुदुःखा ससपत्नता ॥

kṛtadāro 'smi bhavati bhāryeyaṃ dayitā mama
tvadvidhānāṃ tu nārīṇāṃ suduḥkhā sasapatnatā

English

Lady, I am married;
this is my wife, my beloved.
For women such as you,
a rival wife is a bitter sorrow.

॥ 3.18.3 ॥

CrEd 3.17.3

Rama

Sanskrit

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

English

But this is my younger brother,
of good character, fair to see,
splendid, unmarried,
Lakshmana by name, and strong.

॥ 3.18.6 ॥

CrEd 3.17.6

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॥ 3.18.7 ॥

CrEd 3.17.7

Shurpanakha

Sanskrit

अस्य रूपस्य ते युक्ता भार्याहं वरवर्णिनी ।
मया सह सुखं सर्वान् दण्डकान् विचरिष्यसि ॥

asya rūpasya te yuktā bhāryāhaṃ varavarṇinī
mayā saha sukhaṃ sarvān daṇḍakān vicariṣyasi

English

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.

॥ 3.18.8 ॥

CrEd 3.17.8

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॥ 3.18.9 ॥

CrEd 3.17.9

Lakshmana

Sanskrit

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

English

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.

॥ 3.18.11 ॥

CrEd 3.17.11

Lakshmana

Sanskrit

एतां विरूपाम् असतीं करालां निर्णतोदरीम् ।
भार्यां वृद्धां परित्यज्य त्वाम् एवैष भजिष्यति ॥

etāṃ virūpām asatīṃ karālāṃ nirṇatodarīm
bhāryāṃ vṛddhāṃ parityajya tvām evaiṣa bhajiṣyati

English

This ugly, wanton, hideous wife,
with her hollow belly, now grown old,
he will cast off,
and take you alone.

॥ 3.18.13–14 ॥

CrEd 3.17.13–14

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॥ 3.18.16 ॥

CrEd 3.17.16

Shurpanakha

Sanskrit

अद्येमां भक्षयिष्यामि पश्यतस् तव मानुषीम् ।
त्वया सह चरिष्यामि निःसपत्ना यथासुखम् ॥

adyemāṃ bhakṣayiṣyāmi paśyatas tava mānuṣīm
tvayā saha cariṣyāmi niḥsapatnā yathāsukham

English

Today, while you watch, I will devour
this human woman;
and with you, with no rival,
I will roam as I please.

॥ 3.18.17 ॥

CrEd 3.17.17

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॥ 3.18.18 ॥

CrEd 3.17.18

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॥ 3.18.19 ॥

CrEd 3.17.19

Rama

Sanskrit

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

English

Saumitri, with the cruel and the base
one must never jest at all.
Look at Vaidehi, gentle one:
she is barely alive.

॥ 3.18.20 ॥

CrEd 3.17.20

Rama

Sanskrit

इमां विरूपाम् असतीम् अतिमत्तां महोदरीम् ।
राक्षसीं पुरुषव्याघ्र विरूपयितुम् अर्हसि ॥

imāṃ virūpām asatīm atimattāṃ mahodarīm
rākṣasīṃ puruṣavyāghra virūpayitum arhasi

English

This ugly, wanton rakshasi,
wild with frenzy, great of belly,
you should disfigure,
tiger among men.

॥ 3.18.21 ॥

CrEd 3.17.21

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

इत्य् उक्तो लक्ष्मणस् तस्याः क्रुद्धो रामस्य पश्यतः ।
उद्धृत्य खड्गं चिच्छेद कर्णनासं महाबलः ॥

ity ukto lakṣmaṇas tasyāḥ kruddho rāmasya paśyataḥ
uddhṛtya khaḍgaṃ ciccheda karṇanāsaṃ mahābalaḥ

English

Told this, Lakshmana, in anger,
while Rama looked on,
mighty, drew his sword
and cut off her ears and nose.

॥ 3.18.22 ॥

CrEd 3.17.22

silent moment

॥ 3.18.22–24 ॥

CrEd 3.17.22–24

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॥ 3.18.24 ॥

CrEd 3.17.24

silent moment