Three nights
॥ 6.21.1–11 ॥
CrEd 6.14.1–2
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 6.21.12–13 ॥
CrEd 6.14.3
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 6.21.13–14 ॥
CrEd 6.14.4
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
पश्य तावद् अनार्यस्य पूज्यमानस्य लक्ष्मण ।
अवलेपं समुद्रस्य न दर्शयति यत् स्वयम् ॥
paśya tāvad anāryasya pūjyamānasya lakṣmaṇa
avalepaṃ samudrasya na darśayati yat svayam
Translation
Just see, Lakshmana,
the arrogance of this ignoble ocean:
honoured as he is,
he does not show himself.
लीला
लक्ष्मण, इस अनार्य समुद्र का घमंड तो देखो। मैंने इसका पूजन किया, फिर भी यह स्वयं प्रकट नहीं होता।
Subtitle
See, Lakshmana,
the pride of this ignoble ocean:
honoured,
and still he will not show himself.
॥ 6.21.14 ॥
CrEd 6.14.5
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
प्रशमश् च क्षमा चैव आर्जवं प्रियवादिता ।
असामर्थ्यं फलन्त्य् एते निर्गुणेषु सतां गुणाः ॥
praśamaś ca kṣamā caiva ārjavaṃ priyavāditā
asāmarthyaṃ phalanty ete nirguṇeṣu satāṃ guṇāḥ
Translation
Calm, and patience too,
straightness, kindness of speech:
among the virtueless they bear the fruit of weakness,
these virtues of the good.
लीला
शान्ति, क्षमा, सरलता और मधुर वाणी, सज्जनों के ये गुण गुणहीनों के आगे असमर्थता का ही फल देते हैं।
Subtitle
Calm, patience, straightness, kind words:
shown to those without virtue,
the virtues of the good
bear only the fruit of weakness.
॥ 6.21.16 ॥
CrEd 6.14.7
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
न साम्ना शक्यते कीर्तिर् न साम्ना शक्यते यशः ।
प्राप्तुं लक्ष्मण लोकेऽस्मिञ् जयो वा रणमूर्धनि ॥
na sāmnā śakyate kīrtir na sāmnā śakyate yaśaḥ
prāptuṃ lakṣmaṇa loke 'smiñ jayo vā raṇamūrdhani
Translation
Not by conciliation is fame won,
not by conciliation glory,
in this world, Lakshmana,
nor victory at the head of battle.
लीला
लक्ष्मण, इस संसार में केवल सामनीति से न कीर्ति मिलती है, न यश, न रणभूमि में विजय।
Subtitle
Not by gentle words, Lakshmana,
is fame won in this world,
nor glory,
nor victory at the head of battle.
॥ 6.21.20 ॥
CrEd 6.14.11
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
क्षमया हि समायुक्तं माम् अयं मकरालयः ।
असमर्थं विजानाति धिक् क्षमाम् ईदृशे जने ॥
kṣamayā hi samāyuktaṃ mām ayaṃ makarālayaḥ
asamarthaṃ vijānāti dhik kṣamām īdṛśe jane
Translation
For, since I am joined with patience,
this home of sea monsters
takes me for one without power.
Shame on patience toward such as this!
लीला
मुझे क्षमाशील देखकर यह मकरालय मुझे असमर्थ समझता है। ऐसों के प्रति क्षमा को धिक्कार है!
Subtitle
Because I am patient,
this home of sea-monsters takes me for powerless.
Shame on patience
shown to such as him!
॥ 6.21.22–23 ॥
CrEd 6.14.12
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
चापम् आनय सौमित्रे शरांश् चाशीविषोपमान् ।
अद्याक्षोभ्यम् अपि क्रुद्धः क्षोभयिष्यामि सागरम् ॥
cāpam ānaya saumitre śarāṃś cāśīviṣopamān
adyākṣobhyam api kruddhaḥ kṣobhayiṣyāmi sāgaram
Translation
Bring my bow, Saumitri,
and arrows like venomous snakes;
today, in anger, I will stir the ocean,
though it cannot be stirred.
लीला
सौमित्र, धनुष लाओ, और विषधर सर्पों-जैसे बाण भी। आज क्रोध में मैं इस अक्षोभ्य सागर को भी क्षुब्ध कर दूँगा।
Subtitle
Bring my bow, Saumitri,
and my arrows like venomous snakes!
Today, in my anger,
I will churn the unchurnable sea.
॥ 6.21.23–24 ॥
CrEd 6.14.13
रामRama
वाल्मीकि
वेलासु कृतमर्यादं सहसोर्मिसमाकुलम् ।
निर्मर्यादं करिष्यामि सायकैर् वरुणालयम् ॥
velāsu kṛtamaryādaṃ sahasormisamākulam
nirmaryādaṃ kariṣyāmi sāyakair varuṇālayam
Translation
Held within bounds by its shores,
heaving with a thousand waves,
this home of Varuna I will drive
beyond its bounds with my arrows.
लीला
सहस्रों तरंगों से भरा यह वरुणालय अपने तटों की मर्यादा में बँधा है। अपने बाणों से मैं इसे मर्यादाहीन कर दूँगा।
Subtitle
He keeps to his shores,
thronged with a thousand waves.
With my arrows I will make Varuna's home
a sea without shores.
॥ 6.21.25 ॥
CrEd 6.14.14
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 6.21.26–32 ॥
CrEd 6.14.15–21
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 6.21.33–34 ॥
लक्ष्मणLakshmana
वाल्मीकि
एतद् विनापि ह्य् उदधेस् तवार्य सम्पत्स्यते वीरतमस्य कार्यम् ।
भवद्विधाः क्रोधवशं न यान्ति दीर्घं भवान् पश्यतु साधुवृत्तम् ॥
etad vināpi hy udadhes tavārya sampatsyate vīratamasya kāryam
bhavadvidhāḥ krodhavaśaṃ na yānti dīrghaṃ bhavān paśyatu sādhuvṛttam
Translation
Even without the ocean’s ruin, noble one,
your task will be done, most heroic of all.
Such as you do not fall into anger’s power;
look to a good course, and a lasting one.
लीला
आर्य, समुद्र का नाश किए बिना भी आपका प्रयोजन सिद्ध होगा। आप-जैसे पुरुष क्रोध के वश में नहीं होते। कोई स्थायी, उत्तम उपाय देखिए।
Subtitle
Noble one, your task will be done
even without destroying the sea.
Men like you are not ruled by anger.
Look to the long, good way.
॥ 6.22.1–7 ॥
silent moment मौन क्षण
Nala's bridge
॥ 6.22.17 ॥
CrEd 6.15.1
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 6.22.17–24 ॥
CrEd 6.15.1–3
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 6.22.25 ॥
CrEd 6.15.4
सागरSagara
वाल्मीकि
पृथिवी वायुर् आकाशम् आपो ज्योतिश् च राघव ।
स्वभावे सौम्य तिष्ठन्ति शाश्वतं मार्गम् आश्रिताः ॥
pṛthivī vāyur ākāśam āpo jyotiś ca rāghava
svabhāve saumya tiṣṭhanti śāśvataṃ mārgam āśritāḥ
Translation
Earth, wind and sky,
waters and light, Raghava,
abide in their own nature, gentle one,
holding to their eternal course.
लीला
सौम्य राघव, पृथ्वी, वायु, आकाश, जल और तेज, सब अपने-अपने स्वभाव में स्थित रहते हैं, अपने सनातन मार्ग पर।
Subtitle
Earth, wind, sky, water and light,
gentle Raghava,
keep to their own natures,
on their eternal path.
॥ 6.22.26 ॥
CrEd 6.15.5
सागरSagara
वाल्मीकि
तत् स्वभावो ममाप्य् एष यद् अगाधोऽहम् अप्लवः ।
विकारस् तु भवेद् गाध एतत् ते प्रवदाम्य् अहम् ॥
tat svabhāvo mamāpy eṣa yad agādho 'ham aplavaḥ
vikāras tu bhaved gādha etat te pravadāmy aham
Translation
So this too is my nature,
that I am fathomless, not to be crossed;
to become shallow would go against it:
this I tell you plainly.
लीला
मेरा भी यही स्वभाव है कि मैं अथाह हूँ, पार न किया जा सकूँ। उथला होना मेरा विकार होगा। यह मैं आपसे स्पष्ट कहता हूँ।
Subtitle
And this is mine:
I am fathomless, not to be forded.
To be shallow would go against my nature.
I tell you plainly.
॥ 6.22.27 ॥
CrEd 6.15.6
सागरSagara
वाल्मीकि
न कामान् न च लोभाद् वा न भयात् पार्थिवात्मज ।
ग्राहनक्राकुलजलं स्तम्भयेयं कथं चन ॥
na kāmān na ca lobhād vā na bhayāt pārthivātmaja
grāhanakrākulajalaṃ stambhayeyaṃ kathaṃ cana
Translation
Not for desire, nor yet for greed,
nor for fear, son of a king,
could I ever hold still my waters,
teeming with crocodiles and sharks.
लीला
राजकुमार, न कामना से, न लोभ से, न भय से, मैं मगरों और घड़ियालों से भरे अपने जल को किसी प्रकार स्थिर नहीं कर सकता।
Subtitle
Not for desire, not for greed, not for fear, prince,
could I ever make my waters stand still,
crowded with crocodiles.
॥ 6.22.28 ॥
CrEd 6.15.7
सागरSagara
वाल्मीकि
विधास्ये राम येनापि विषहिष्ये ह्य् अहं तथा ।
ग्राहा न प्रहरिष्यन्ति यावत् सेना तरिष्यति ॥
vidhāsye rāma yenāpi viṣahiṣye hy ahaṃ tathā
grāhā na prahariṣyanti yāvat senā tariṣyati
Translation
I will provide, Rama, a way
by which I can bear it so:
the crocodiles will not strike
while the army is crossing.
लीला
पर राम, मैं ऐसा उपाय करूँगा जिससे आप पार जा सकें, और मैं उसे सहूँगा। जब तक आपकी सेना पार होगी, कोई जल-जन्तु प्रहार नहीं करेगा।
Subtitle
But I will make a way, Rama,
and I will bear it.
While your army crosses,
no sea-beast will strike.
॥ 6.22.44–45 ॥
CrEd 6.15.8–9
सागरSagara
वाल्मीकि
अयं सौम्य नलो नाम तनुजो विश्वकर्मणः ।
पित्रा दत्तवरः श्रीमान् प्रतिमो विश्वकर्मणः ।
एष सेतुं महोत्साहः करोतु मयि वानरः ।
तम् अहं धारयिष्यामि तथा ह्य् एष यथा पिता ॥
ayaṃ saumya nalo nāma tanujo viśvakarmaṇaḥ
pitrā dattavaraḥ śrīmān pratimo viśvakarmaṇaḥ
eṣa setuṃ mahotsāhaḥ karotu mayi vānaraḥ
tam ahaṃ dhārayiṣyāmi tathā hy eṣa yathā pitā
Translation
This one, gentle one, named Nala,
is the son of Vishvakarma;
granted a boon by his father, splendid,
the very image of Vishvakarma.
Let this monkey, full of zeal,
build a bridge across me;
I will bear it up,
for he is just as his father was.
लीला
सौम्य, यह नल है, विश्वकर्मा का पुत्र, पिता से वर पाया हुआ, उन्हीं के समान। यह उत्साही वानर मुझ पर सेतु बनाए। मैं उसे धारण करूँगा।
Subtitle
Here is Nala, son of Vishvakarma,
blessed by his father, his equal.
Let him build a bridge on me:
I will bear it up.
॥ 6.22.46 ॥
CrEd 6.15.10
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 6.22.47 ॥
CrEd 6.15.11
नलNala
वाल्मीकि
अहं सेतुं करिष्यामि विस्तीर्णे वरुणालये ।
पितुः सामर्थ्यम् आस्थाय तत्त्वम् आह महोदधिः ॥
ahaṃ setuṃ kariṣyāmi vistīrṇe varuṇālaye
pituḥ sāmarthyam āsthāya tattvam āha mahodadhiḥ
Translation
I will build a bridge
across the wide home of Varuna,
relying on my father’s power;
the great ocean has spoken the truth.
लीला
मैं पिता के सामर्थ्य का आश्रय लेकर इस विस्तृत वरुणालय पर सेतु बनाऊँगा। महासागर ने सत्य कहा है।
Subtitle
I will build the bridge
across this wide sea,
by my father's skill.
The great ocean spoke the truth.
॥ 6.22.49–50 ॥
CrEd 6.15.12–13a
नलNala
वाल्मीकि
मम मातुर् वरो दत्तो मन्दरे विश्वकर्मणा ।
औरसस् तस्य पुत्रोऽहं सदृशो विश्वकर्मणा ।
न चाप्य् अहम् अनुक्तो वै प्रब्रूयाम् आत्मनो गुणान् ॥
mama mātur varo datto mandare viśvakarmaṇā
aurasas tasya putro 'haṃ sadṛśo viśvakarmaṇā
na cāpy aham anukto vai prabrūyām ātmano guṇān
Translation
A boon was given to my mother
on Mandara by Vishvakarma;
I am his own son,
the equal of Vishvakarma.
And unless I am asked,
I would not speak of my own gifts.
लीला
मन्दराचल पर विश्वकर्मा ने मेरी माता को वर दिया था। मैं उनका अपना पुत्र हूँ, उन्हीं के समान। बिना पूछे मैं अपने गुण नहीं कहता।
Subtitle
On Mandara, Vishvakarma gave my mother a boon.
I am his own son, his equal.
Unasked,
I would not speak of my own gifts.
॥ 6.22.51 ॥
CrEd 6.15.13b
नलNala
वाल्मीकि
कामम् अद्यैव बध्नन्तु सेतुं वानरपुंगवाः ॥
kāmam adyaiva badhnantu setuṃ vānarapuṃgavāḥ
Translation
Let the bulls among monkeys
build the bridge this very day.
लीला
श्रेष्ठ वानर आज ही सेतु बाँधना आरम्भ करें!
Subtitle
Let the best of the monkeys
start building the bridge
this very day!
॥ 6.22.52–67 ॥
CrEd 6.15.14–21
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 6.22.68–78 ॥
CrEd 6.15.20–26
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 6.22.82 ॥
CrEd 6.15.28
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 6.22.86–87 ॥
CrEd 6.15.32–33
देवताGods
वाल्मीकि
जयस्व शत्रून् नरदेव मेदिनीं ससागरां पालय शाश्वतीः समाः ॥
jayasva śatrūn naradeva medinīṃ sasāgarāṃ pālaya śāśvatīḥ samāḥ
Translation
Conquer your foes, god among men;
rule the earth with its oceans
for years without end.
लीला
नरदेव, शत्रुओं को जीतिए! सागरों समेत इस पृथ्वी का अनन्त वर्षों तक पालन कीजिए!
Subtitle
Conquer your enemies, king of men!
Rule the earth and its seas
for endless years!
॥ 6.22.82–85 ॥
CrEd 6.15.28–31
silent moment मौन क्षण
In other Hindu scriptures
The squirrels who helped build the bridge
Valmiki: the monkeys bring trees and rocks; Nala builds the bridge (CrEd 6.15.14–22)