Khara's camp
॥ 3.18.25 ॥
CrEd 3.17.25
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.19.1 ॥
CrEd 3.18.1
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.19.2 ॥
खरKhara
वाल्मीकि
उत्तिष्ठ तावद् आख्याहि प्रमोहं जहि संभ्रमम् ।
व्यक्तम् आख्याहि केन त्वम् एवंरूपा विरूपिता ॥
uttiṣṭha tāvad ākhyāhi pramohaṃ jahi saṃbhramam
vyaktam ākhyāhi kena tvam evaṃrūpā virūpitā
Translation
Get up, and tell me first;
throw off this daze and this alarm.
Tell me plainly: who has disfigured you,
and left you in this form?
लीला
उठो, और साफ़-साफ़ बताओ। यह घबराहट छोड़ो। किसने तुम्हारा यह रूप बिगाड़ा?
Subtitle
Rise, and tell me plainly.
Put away this fear.
Who has disfigured you
like this?
॥ 3.19.6–7 ॥
CrEd 3.18.3–4
खरKhara
वाल्मीकि
देवगन्धर्वभूतानाम् ऋषीणां च महात्मनाम् ।
कोऽयम् एवं महावीर्यस् त्वां विरूपां चकार ह ।
न हि पश्याम्य् अहं लोके यः कुर्यान् मम विप्रियम् ।
अन्तरेण सहस्राक्षं महेन्द्रं पाकशासनम् ॥
devagandharvabhūtānām ṛṣīṇāṃ ca mahātmanām
ko 'yam evaṃ mahāvīryas tvāṃ virūpāṃ cakāra ha
na hi paśyāmy ahaṃ loke yaḥ kuryān mama vipriyam
antareṇa sahasrākṣaṃ mahendraṃ pākaśāsanam
Translation
Among gods, gandharvas and spirits,
and the great-souled sages,
who is this, so mighty,
who has disfigured you?
For I see no one in the world
who could do me harm,
save only the thousand-eyed,
great Indra, chastiser of Paka.
लीला
देवता हो, गन्धर्व हो, या कोई महर्षि, कौन इतना बलवान है? संसार में मेरा बुरा करने वाला मुझे कोई नहीं दिखता। इन्द्र को छोड़कर!
Subtitle
God or gandharva,
spirit or great sage:
who is so mighty?
No one dares cross me, except Indra.
॥ 3.19.13 ॥
CrEd 3.18.10
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.19.14–15 ॥
CrEd 3.18.11
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
तरुणौ रूपसंपन्नौ सुकुमारौ महाबलौ ।
पुण्डरीकविशालाक्षौ चीरकृष्णाजिनाम्बरौ ।
… पुत्रौ दशरथस्यास्तां भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ॥
taruṇau rūpasaṃpannau sukumārau mahābalau
puṇḍarīkaviśālākṣau cīrakṛṣṇājināmbarau
… putrau daśarathasyāstāṃ bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau
Translation
Young, and rich in beauty,
tender, yet of great strength,
with long eyes like white lotuses,
clothed in bark and black deerskin,
…
they were two sons of Dasharatha,
the brothers Rama and Lakshmana.
लीला
दो युवक हैं, सुंदर, सुकुमार, पर बड़े बलवान। कमल-सी बड़ी आँखें, वल्कल और काला मृगचर्म पहने। दशरथ के बेटे, राम और लक्ष्मण।
Subtitle
Two young men, handsome, gentle,
yet very strong, lotus-eyed,
in bark and black deerskin:
Rama and Lakshmana, Dasharatha's sons.
॥ 3.19.17–18 ॥
CrEd 3.18.13–14
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
तरुणी रूपसंपन्ना सर्वाभरणभूषिता ।
दृष्टा तत्र मया नारी तयोर् मध्ये सुमध्यमा ।
ताभ्याम् उभाभ्यां संभूय प्रमदाम् अधिकृत्य ताम् ।
इमाम् अवस्थां नीताहम् ॥
taruṇī rūpasaṃpannā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā
dṛṣṭā tatra mayā nārī tayor madhye sumadhyamā
tābhyām ubhābhyāṃ saṃbhūya pramadām adhikṛtya tām
imām avasthāṃ nītāham
Translation
Young, and rich in beauty,
adorned with every ornament,
a woman was seen there by me,
slender-waisted, between the two.
Joining together, the two of them,
on account of that woman,
brought me to this state.
लीला
उन दोनों के बीच मैंने एक युवती देखी, पतली कमर, रूपवती, गहनों से लदी। उसी के लिए, दोनों ने मिलकर मेरा यह हाल किया।
Subtitle
Between them I saw a young woman,
slender, lovely,
decked with every ornament.
For her, the two of them did this to me.
॥ 3.19.21 ॥
CrEd 3.18.17
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.19.23ab, 24 ॥
CrEd 3.18.19ab, 20
खरKhara
वाल्मीकि
तौ हत्वा तां च दुर्वृत्ताम् उपावर्तितुम् अर्हथ ।
मनोरथोऽयम् इष्टोऽस्या भगिन्या मम राक्षसाः ।
शीघ्रं संपद्यतां गत्वा तौ प्रमथ्य स्वतेजसा ॥
tau hatvā tāṃ ca durvṛttām upāvartitum arhatha
manoratho 'yam iṣṭo 'syā bhaginyā mama rākṣasāḥ
śīghraṃ saṃpadyatāṃ gatvā tau pramathya svatejasā
Translation
Kill those two, and that woman of evil ways,
and only then come back.
This is the wish dear to the heart
of my sister, rakshasas:
go, crush those two with your might,
and let it quickly be fulfilled.
लीला
उन दोनों को, और उस दुष्टा को, मारकर ही लौटना। जाओ, अपने बल से उन्हें कुचल डालो। मेरी बहन की इच्छा पूरी करो।
Subtitle
Kill those two,
and that wicked woman,
and only then come back.
Crush them; give my sister her wish.
॥ 3.19.26 ॥
CrEd 3.18.21
silent moment मौन क्षण
Fourteen arrows
॥ 3.20.2 ॥
CrEd 3.19.2
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.20.1 ॥
CrEd 3.19.1
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.20.4 ॥
CrEd 3.19.4
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
मुहूर्तं भव सौमित्रे सीतायाः प्रत्यनन्तरः ।
इमान् अस्या वधिष्यामि पदवीम् आगतान् इह ॥
muhūrtaṃ bhava saumitre sītāyāḥ pratyanantaraḥ
imān asyā vadhiṣyāmi padavīm āgatān iha
Translation
Saumitri, for a moment
stay close by Sita;
I will kill these who have come here,
following her trail.
लीला
सौमित्र, थोड़ी देर सीता के पास रहो। जो इसके पीछे-पीछे यहाँ आए हैं, उन्हें मैं मारूँगा।
Subtitle
Saumitri, stay by Sita
a little while.
These who have followed her here,
I will kill.
॥ 3.20.5–6 ॥
CrEd 3.19.5–6
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.20.8 ॥
CrEd 3.19.8
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
फलमूलाशनौ दान्तौ तापसौ धर्मचारिणौ ।
वसन्तौ दण्डकारण्ये किमर्थम् उपहिंसथ ॥
phalamūlāśanau dāntau tāpasau dharmacāriṇau
vasantau daṇḍakāraṇye kimartham upahiṃsatha
Translation
Living on fruit and roots, self-controlled,
two ascetics who walk in dharma,
dwelling in the Dandaka forest:
why would you do us harm?
लीला
हम दोनों तपस्वी हैं, फल-मूल खाते हैं, संयम और धर्म से इस दण्डक वन में रहते हैं। तुम हमें क्यों सताते हो?
Subtitle
We are ascetics, living on fruit and roots,
self-restrained, walking in dharma
here in the Dandaka.
Why do you harm us?
॥ 3.20.9 ॥
CrEd 3.19.9
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
युष्मान् पापात्मकान् हन्तुं विप्रकारान् महाहवे ।
ऋषीणां तु नियोगेन प्राप्तोऽहं सशरासनः ॥
yuṣmān pāpātmakān hantuṃ viprakārān mahāhave
ṛṣīṇāṃ tu niyogena prāpto 'haṃ saśarāsanaḥ
Translation
To kill you, evil-souled ones,
doers of wrong, in great battle,
I have come, bow in hand,
at the bidding of the sages.
लीला
ऋषियों के कहने पर मैं धनुष लेकर आया हूँ, तुम जैसे पापियों को रण में मारने।
Subtitle
At the sages' bidding
I have come, bow in hand,
to kill you evildoers
in battle.
॥ 3.20.10 ॥
CrEd 3.19.10
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
तिष्ठतैवात्र संतुष्टा नोपसर्पितुम् अर्हथ ।
यदि प्राणैर् इहार्थो वो निवर्तध्वं निशाचराः ॥
tiṣṭhataivātra saṃtuṣṭā nopasarpitum arhatha
yadi prāṇair ihārtho vo nivartadhvaṃ niśācarāḥ
Translation
Stay right there, and be content;
you should not come any nearer.
If you have any use for your lives here,
turn back, rangers of the night.
लीला
वहीं रुक जाओ, संतोष करो। पास मत आना। निशाचरो, प्राण प्यारे हों, तो लौट जाओ।
Subtitle
Stay where you are, and be content.
Come no nearer.
If you care for your lives, night-walkers,
turn back.
॥ 3.20.13 ॥
CrEd 3.19.13
चौदह राक्षसFourteen
वाल्मीकि
क्रोधम् उत्पाद्य नो भर्तुः खरस्य सुमहात्मनः ।
त्वम् एव हास्यसे प्राणान् अद्यास्माभिर् हतो युधि ॥
krodham utpādya no bhartuḥ kharasya sumahātmanaḥ
tvam eva hāsyase prāṇān adyāsmābhir hato yudhi
Translation
You have roused the anger of our master,
Khara, mighty of soul;
it is you who will give up your life today,
slain by us in battle.
लीला
तूने हमारे स्वामी, महाबली खर का क्रोध भड़काया है। आज रण में हमारे हाथों तू मरेगा।
Subtitle
You have roused the anger
of our great lord Khara.
Today, struck down by us,
you will lose your life.
॥ 3.20.14 ॥
CrEd 3.19.14
चौदह राक्षसFourteen
वाल्मीकि
का हि ते शक्तिर् एकस्य बहूनां रणमूर्धनि ।
अस्माकम् अग्रतः स्थातुं किं पुनर् योद्धुम् आहवे ॥
kā hi te śaktir ekasya bahūnāṃ raṇamūrdhani
asmākam agrataḥ sthātuṃ kiṃ punar yoddhum āhave
Translation
What strength have you, alone,
against many, at the front of battle,
even to stand before us,
let alone to fight us in combat?
लीला
हम इतने, और तू अकेला? हमारे सामने तू खड़ा भी न रह पाएगा, लड़ना तो दूर!
Subtitle
One man against so many?
You cannot even stand
before us in battle,
let alone fight.
॥ 3.20.16–17 ॥
CrEd 3.19.16–17
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.20.18 ॥
CrEd 3.19.18
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.20.19–21 ॥
CrEd 3.19.19–22
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
गृहीत्वा धनुर् आयम्य लक्ष्यान् उद्दिश्य राक्षसान् ।
मुमोच राघवो बाणान् वज्रान् इव शतक्रतुः ।
रुक्मपुङ्खाश् च विशिखाः प्रदीप्ता हेमभूषणाः ।
अन्तरिक्षे महोल्कानां बभूवुस् तुल्यवर्चसः ।
ते भित्त्वा रक्षसां वेगाद् वक्षांसि रुधिराप्लुताः ।
विनिष्पेतुस् तदा भूमौ न्यमज्जन्ताशनिस्वनाः ।
ते भिन्नहृदया भूमौ छिन्नमूला इव द्रुमाः ।
निपेतुः शोणितार्द्राङ्गा विकृता विगतासवः ॥
gṛhītvā dhanur āyamya lakṣyān uddiśya rākṣasān
mumoca rāghavo bāṇān vajrān iva śatakratuḥ
rukmapuṅkhāś ca viśikhāḥ pradīptā hemabhūṣaṇāḥ
antarikṣe maholkānāṃ babhūvus tulyavarcasaḥ
te bhittvā rakṣasāṃ vegād vakṣāṃsi rudhirāplutāḥ
viniṣpetus tadā bhūmau nyamajjantāśanisvanāḥ
te bhinnahṛdayā bhūmau chinnamūlā iva drumāḥ
nipetuḥ śoṇitārdrāṅgā vikṛtā vigatāsavaḥ
Translation
Taking his bow and drawing it,
aiming at the rakshasas,
Raghava loosed his arrows,
as Indra looses thunderbolts.
Gold-feathered, adorned with gold,
the arrows blazed,
and in the sky they shone
with the splendour of great meteors.
Piercing with force the rakshasas’ chests,
drenched in blood,
they flew out and sank into the ground
with a sound like thunder.
Their hearts split open, to the ground
like trees cut at the root
they fell, their limbs wet with blood,
mangled, their life gone.
Subtitle
Hearts pierced, they fell
like trees cut at the root,
wet with blood.
॥ 3.20.22–23 ॥
CrEd 3.19.23
silent moment मौन क्षण
Khara marches
॥ 3.20.23–25 ॥
CrEd 3.19.24–25
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.21.2 ॥
CrEd 3.20.2
खरKhara
वाल्मीकि
मया त्व् इदानीं शूरास् ते राक्षसाः पिशिताशनाः ।
त्वत्प्रियार्थं विनिर्दिष्टाः किमर्थं रुद्यते पुनः ॥
mayā tv idānīṃ śūrās te rākṣasāḥ piśitāśanāḥ
tvatpriyārthaṃ vinirdiṣṭāḥ kimarthaṃ rudyate punaḥ
Translation
Just now, for your pleasure,
I sent out those heroes,
the flesh-eating rakshasas:
why do you weep again?
लीला
तुम्हारे कहने पर अभी-अभी मैंने वीर राक्षस भेजे हैं। फिर क्यों रो रही हो?
Subtitle
I have only just sent
brave rakshasas
to do your will.
Why are you weeping again?
॥ 3.21.6 ॥
CrEd 3.20.6
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.21.7–9 ॥
CrEd 3.20.7–8
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
प्रेषिताश् च त्वया शूरा राक्षसास् ते चतुर्दश ।
निहन्तुं राघवं घोरा मत्प्रियार्थं सलक्ष्मणम् ।
ते तु रामेण सामर्षाः शूलपट्टिशपाणयः ।
समरे निहताः सर्वे सायकैर् मर्मभेदिभिः ॥
preṣitāś ca tvayā śūrā rākṣasās te caturdaśa
nihantuṃ rāghavaṃ ghorā matpriyārthaṃ salakṣmaṇam
te tu rāmeṇa sāmarṣāḥ śūlapaṭṭiśapāṇayaḥ
samare nihatāḥ sarve sāyakair marmabhedibhiḥ
Translation
And you sent those heroes,
those fourteen fearsome rakshasas,
for my pleasure, to kill
Raghava with Lakshmana.
But they, in their fury,
spears and axes in hand,
were all slain by Rama in battle
with arrows that pierce the vitals.
लीला
मेरे लिए तुमने चौदह वीर राक्षस भेजे थे, राम और लक्ष्मण को मारने। राम ने अपने बाणों से उन सबको मार डाला।
Subtitle
I came to you with ears and nose cut off.
You sent fourteen to kill Rama and Lakshmana.
Rama has killed them all
with his arrows.
॥ 3.21.9 ॥
CrEd 3.20.8
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.21.15b–16a ॥
CrEd 3.20.14
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
यदि रामं ममामित्रम् अद्य त्वं न वधिष्यसि ।
तव चैवाग्रतः प्राणांस् त्यक्ष्यामि निरपत्रपा ॥
yadi rāmaṃ mamāmitram adya tvaṃ na vadhiṣyasi
tava caivāgrataḥ prāṇāṃs tyakṣyāmi nirapatrapā
Translation
If you do not kill Rama,
my enemy, today,
I will give up my life
right here before you, without shame.
लीला
यदि आज तुमने मेरे शत्रु राम को न मारा, तो मैं यहीं तुम्हारे सामने प्राण दे दूँगी। मुझे कोई लाज नहीं।
Subtitle
If you do not kill Rama,
my enemy, today,
I will give up my life here before you,
and feel no shame.
॥ 3.21.16b–17 ॥
CrEd 3.20.15–16ab
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
बुद्ध्याहम् अनुपश्यामि न त्वं रामस्य संयुगे ।
स्थातुं प्रतिमुखे शक्तः सचापस्य महारणे ।
शूरमानी न शूरस् त्वं मिथ्यारोपितविक्रमः ॥
buddhyāham anupaśyāmi na tvaṃ rāmasya saṃyuge
sthātuṃ pratimukhe śaktaḥ sacāpasya mahāraṇe
śūramānī na śūras tvaṃ mithyāropitavikramaḥ
Translation
I see it clearly with my mind:
you cannot stand
face to face with Rama, bow in hand,
in combat, in a great battle.
You think yourself a hero, but you are no hero;
your valour is falsely claimed.
लीला
मैं देख रही हूँ, तुम रण में राम के सामने टिक नहीं पाओगे। तुम अपने को शूर समझते हो, पर शूर नहीं हो। तुम्हारा पराक्रम झूठा है।
Subtitle
I can see it:
you could never stand against Rama.
You think yourself a hero, and are none.
Your valour is a lie.
॥ 3.21.22 ॥
CrEd 3.20.19
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.22.1 ॥
CrEd 3.21.1
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.22.4 ॥
CrEd 3.21.4
खरKhara
वाल्मीकि
बाष्पः संधार्यताम् एष संभ्रमश् च विमुच्यताम् ।
अहं रामं सह भ्रात्रा नयामि यमसादनम् ॥
bāṣpaḥ saṃdhāryatām eṣa saṃbhramaś ca vimucyatām
ahaṃ rāmaṃ saha bhrātrā nayāmi yamasādanam
Translation
Let these tears be held back,
and let this alarm be let go.
I will send Rama, with his brother,
to the house of Yama.
लीला
आँसू रोको, यह घबराहट छोड़ो। राम को, उसके भाई समेत, मैं यमलोक पहुँचाऊँगा।
Subtitle
Hold back your tears.
Put away your fear.
Rama and his brother
I will send to Yama's house.
॥ 3.22.6 ॥
CrEd 3.21.6
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.22.8–9 ॥
CrEd 3.21.8–10
खरKhara
वाल्मीकि
चतुर्दश सहस्राणि मम चित्तानुवर्तिनाम् ।
रक्षसां भीमवेगानां समरेष्व् अनिवर्तिनाम् ।
नीलजीमूतवर्णानां घोराणां क्रूरकर्मणाम् ।
लोकसिंहाविहाराणां बलिनाम् उग्रतेजसाम् ।
तेषां शार्दूलदर्पाणां महास्यानां महौजसाम् ।
सर्वोद्योगम् उदीर्णानां रक्षसां सौम्य कारय ॥
caturdaśa sahasrāṇi mama cittānuvartinām
rakṣasāṃ bhīmavegānāṃ samareṣv anivartinām
nīlajīmūtavarṇānāṃ ghorāṇāṃ krūrakarmaṇām
lokasiṃhāvihārāṇāṃ balinām ugratejasām
teṣāṃ śārdūladarpāṇāṃ mahāsyānāṃ mahaujasām
sarvodyogam udīrṇānāṃ rakṣasāṃ saumya kāraya
Translation
The fourteen thousand
who follow my will,
rakshasas of fearsome speed,
who never turn back in battle,
the colour of dark rain clouds,
terrible, cruel in their deeds,
who roam the world like lions,
strong, of fierce power,
proud as tigers,
wide-mouthed, of great might:
those rakshasas, eager for battle,
have them all make ready, my friend.
लीला
मित्र दूषण, मेरे चौदह हज़ार राक्षस, काले मेघों जैसे, भयंकर वेग वाले, जो रण से कभी पीछे नहीं हटते, उन सबको तैयार करो।
Subtitle
Dushana, my friend:
my fourteen thousand, dark as rain clouds,
fierce, who never turn back in battle:
make them all ready.
॥ 3.22.12–16 ॥
CrEd 3.21.13–18
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.22.16 ॥
CrEd 3.21.18
खरKhara
वाल्मीकि
खरस् तु तान् महेष्वासान् घोरचर्मायुधध्वजान् ।
निर्यातेत्य् अब्रवीद् दृष्ट्वा ॥
kharas tu tān maheṣvāsān ghoracarmāyudhadhvajān
niryātety abravīd dṛṣṭvā
Translation
And Khara, seeing those great archers,
with their fearsome shields, weapons and banners,
said to them, “March out!”
लीला
कूच करो!
Subtitle
March
out!
॥ 3.22.17–21 ॥
CrEd 3.21.19–22
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.23.1–6 ॥
CrEd 3.22.1–6
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.23.16–17 ॥
CrEd 3.22.16–17
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.23.19b–20a ॥
CrEd 3.22.19
खरKhara
वाल्मीकि
महोत्पातान् इमान् सर्वान् उत्थितान् घोरदर्शनान् ।
न चिन्तयाम्य् अहं वीर्याद् बलवान् दुर्बलान् इव ॥
mahotpātān imān sarvān utthitān ghoradarśanān
na cintayāmy ahaṃ vīryād balavān durbalān iva
Translation
All these great portents
that have risen, fearful to see,
I pay no heed to, in my strength,
as the strong pay none to the weak.
लीला
ये सारे भयानक अपशकुन उठे हैं। पर अपने बल के भरोसे, मैं इन्हें कुछ नहीं गिनता। जैसे बलवान दुर्बल को नहीं गिनता।
Subtitle
All these dreadful omens have risen.
Trusting my strength,
I pay them no heed,
as the strong pay the weak no heed.
॥ 3.23.24b–25a ॥
CrEd 3.22.24
खरKhara
वाल्मीकि
देवराजम् अपि क्रुद्धो मत्तैरावतगामिनम् ।
वज्रहस्तं रणे हन्यां किं पुनस् तौ च मानुषौ ॥
devarājam api kruddho mattairāvatagāminam
vajrahastaṃ raṇe hanyāṃ kiṃ punas tau ca mānuṣau
Translation
In my anger I could kill in battle
even the king of the gods,
who rides the rutting Airavata, thunderbolt in hand:
how much more these two men!
लीला
क्रोध में आऊँ, तो मतवाले ऐरावत पर चढ़े, वज्र लिए देवराज को भी रण में मार दूँ। फिर ये दो मनुष्य किस गिनती में?
Subtitle
Roused, I could kill in battle
the king of the gods himself,
on his elephant, thunderbolt in hand.
What are two men?
॥ 3.23.25b–26a ॥
CrEd 3.22.25
silent moment मौन क्षण