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Serpent arrows; Garuda

Valmiki · Yuddha Kanda
6.44.1–6.50.65 (CrEd 6.34.1–6.40.64)

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Night falls on the battle, and Indrajit, fighting unseen by his illusion, binds Rama and Lakshmana with serpents turned to arrows and leaves them for dead. Rama wakes and laments his brother, Vibhishana steadies the frightened army, and Sushena names the healing herbs; then Garuda comes on a great wind, and at his touch the bonds fall and the brothers rise whole.

Sanskrit · English·Translation: Raam Leela

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Part 1 · பகுதி 1

The arrow-bond

Valmiki 6.44.1–6.47.4 (CrEd 6.34.1–6.37.4)

॥ 6.44.1–2 ॥

CrEd 6.34.1–2

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

युध्यताम् एव तेषां तु तदा वानररक्षसाम् ।
रविर् अस्तं गतो रात्रिः प्रवृत्ता प्राणहारिणी ।
अन्योन्यं बद्धवैराणां घोराणां जयम् इच्छताम् ।
संप्रवृत्तं निशायुद्धं तदा वानररक्षसाम् ॥

yudhyatām eva teṣāṃ tu tadā vānararakṣasām
ravir astaṃ gato rātriḥ pravṛttā prāṇahāriṇī
anyonyaṃ baddhavairāṇāṃ ghorāṇāṃ jayam icchatām
saṃpravṛttaṃ niśāyuddhaṃ tadā vānararakṣasām

English

While they fought on, the two,
monkeys and rakshasas,
the sun went down; the night came on,
the night that takes away life.
Bound each to each in enmity,
fearsome, each wanting victory,
then the night battle began,
of monkeys and rakshasas.

॥ 6.44.3–4 ॥

CrEd 6.34.3–4

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

राक्षसोऽसीति हरयो हरिश् चासीति राक्षसाः ।
अन्योन्यं समरे जघ्नुस् तस्मिंस् तमसि दारुणे ।
जहि दारय चैतीति कथं विद्रवसीति च ।
एवं सुतुमुलः शब्दस् तस्मिंस् तमसि शुश्रुवे ॥

rākṣaso 'sīti harayo hariś cāsīti rākṣasāḥ
anyonyaṃ samare jaghnus tasmiṃs tamasi dāruṇe
jahi dāraya caitīti kathaṃ vidravasīti ca
evaṃ sutumulaḥ śabdas tasmiṃs tamasi śuśruve

English

“You are a rakshasa!” the monkeys cried,
“and you a monkey!” the rakshasas;
they struck each other in the fight
in that dreadful dark.
“Kill! Tear! Come on!” and “Why do you run?”:
so the cry went up,
so great a din was heard
in that darkness.

॥ 6.44.19, 22–24 ॥

CrEd 6.34.18, 21–23

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

तेषां रामः शरैः षड्भिः षड् जघान निशाचरान् ।
निमेषान्तरमात्रेण शितैर् अग्निशिखोपमैः ।
ततः काञ्चनचित्राङ्गैः शरैर् अग्निशिखोपमैः ।
दिशश् चकार विमलाः प्रदिशश् च महाबलः ।
ये त्व् अन्ये राक्षसा वीरा रामस्याभिमुखे स्थिताः ।
तेऽपि नष्टाः समासाद्य पतंगा इव पावकम् ।
सुवर्णपुङ्खैर् विशिखैः संपतद्भिः सहस्रशः ।
बभूव रजनी चित्रा खद्योतैर् इव शारदी ॥

teṣāṃ rāmaḥ śaraiḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ ṣaḍ jaghāna niśācarān
nimeṣāntaramātreṇa śitair agniśikhopamaiḥ
tataḥ kāñcanacitrāṅgaiḥ śarair agniśikhopamaiḥ
diśaś cakāra vimalāḥ pradiśaś ca mahābalaḥ
ye tv anye rākṣasā vīrā rāmasyābhimukhe sthitāḥ
te 'pi naṣṭāḥ samāsādya pataṃgā iva pāvakam
suvarṇapuṅkhair viśikhaiḥ saṃpatadbhiḥ sahasraśaḥ
babhūva rajanī citrā khadyotair iva śāradī

English

Six night-rovers among them
Rama slew with six arrows,
in the space of an eye-blink,
sharp, like tongues of flame.
Then with gold-bright arrows
like tongues of flame,
the directions he made clear,
and the quarters, the mighty one.
The other rakshasa heroes
who stood to face Rama
perished too as they reached him,
like moths that reach the fire.
With gold-feathered arrows
falling in thousands,
the night shone bright,
like an autumn night with fireflies.

॥ 6.44.28 ॥

CrEd 6.34.27

silent moment

॥ 6.44.28, 30 ॥

CrEd 6.34.27–28

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

अङ्गदस् तु रणे शत्रुं निहन्तुं समुपस्थितः ।
रावणेर् निजघानाशु सारथिं च हयान् अपि ।
इन्द्रजित् तु रथं त्यक्त्वा हताश्वो हतसारथिः ।
अङ्गदेन महामायस् तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥

aṅgadas tu raṇe śatruṃ nihantuṃ samupasthitaḥ
rāvaṇer nijaghānāśu sārathiṃ ca hayān api
indrajit tu rathaṃ tyaktvā hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ
aṅgadena mahāmāyas tatraivāntaradhīyata

English

Angada, come up in battle
to strike down his foe,
swiftly slew Ravana’s son’s
charioteer, and his horses too.
Indrajit left his chariot,
horses slain, charioteer slain
by Angada; the great illusionist
vanished there and then.

॥ 6.45.1–6 ॥

CrEd 6.35.1–6

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

स तस्य गतिम् अन्विच्छन् राजपुत्रः प्रतापवान् ।
दिदेशातिबलो रामो दशवानरयूथपान् ।
द्वौ सुषेणस्य दायादौ नीलं च प्लवगर्षभम् ।
अङ्गदं वालिपुत्रं च शरभं च तरस्विनम् ।
विनतं जाम्बवन्तं च सानुप्रस्थं महाबलम् ।
ऋषभं चर्षभस्कन्धम् आदिदेश परंतपः ।
ते संप्रहृष्टा हरयो भीमान् उद्यम्य पादपान् ।
आकाशं विविशुः सर्वे मार्गामाणा दिशो दश ।
तेषां वेगवतां वेगम् इषुभिर् वेगवत्तरैः ।
अस्त्रवित् परमास्त्रेण वारयाम् आस रावणिः ।
तं भीमवेगा हरयो नाराचैः क्षतविक्षताः ।
अन्धकारे न ददृशुर् मेघैः सूर्यम् इवावृतम् ॥

sa tasya gatim anvicchan rājaputraḥ pratāpavān
dideśātibalo rāmo daśavānarayūthapān
dvau suṣeṇasya dāyādau nīlaṃ ca plavagarṣabham
aṅgadaṃ vāliputraṃ ca śarabhaṃ ca tarasvinam
vinataṃ jāmbavantaṃ ca sānuprasthaṃ mahābalam
ṛṣabhaṃ carṣabhaskandham ādideśa paraṃtapaḥ
te saṃprahṛṣṭā harayo bhīmān udyamya pādapān
ākāśaṃ viviśuḥ sarve mārgāmāṇā diśo daśa
teṣāṃ vegavatāṃ vegam iṣubhir vegavattaraiḥ
astravit paramāstreṇa vārayām āsa rāvaṇiḥ
taṃ bhīmavegā harayo nārācaiḥ kṣatavikṣatāḥ
andhakāre na dadṛśur meghaiḥ sūryam ivāvṛtam

English

Seeking his track, the prince,
Rama, of blazing might,
gave orders, mighty as he was,
to ten leaders of the monkey troops:
Sushena’s two sons,
and Nila, bull of the plavagas,
Angada, son of Vali,
and Sharabha the swift,
Vinata and Jambavan,
Sanuprastha of great strength,
Rishabha and Rishabhaskandha:
these the scorcher of foes commanded.
The monkeys, overjoyed,
lifting fearsome trees,
all entered the sky,
searching the ten directions.
Their speed, swift as they were,
with arrows swifter still,
master of weapons, with a supreme weapon,
Ravana’s son held back.
Torn and wounded by iron arrows,
the monkeys of fearsome speed
in the darkness could not see him,
like the sun hidden by clouds.

॥ 6.45.11 ॥

CrEd 6.35.11

Indrajit

Sanskrit

युध्यमानम् अनालक्ष्यं शक्रोऽपि त्रिदशेश्वरः ।
द्रष्टुम् आसादितुं वापि न शक्तः किं पुनर् युवाम् ॥

yudhyamānam anālakṣyaṃ śakro 'pi tridaśeśvaraḥ
draṣṭum āsādituṃ vāpi na śaktaḥ kiṃ punar yuvām

English

Me, fighting, unseen,
even Shakra, lord of the gods,
cannot see or come near;
how much less can you two!

॥ 6.45.12 ॥

CrEd 6.35.12

Indrajit

Sanskrit

प्रावृताव् इषुजालेन राघवौ कङ्कपत्रिणा ।
एष रोषपरीतात्मा नयामि यमसादनम् ॥

prāvṛtāv iṣujālena rāghavau kaṅkapatriṇā
eṣa roṣaparītātmā nayāmi yamasādanam

English

Wrapped in a net of arrows,
Raghavas, heron-feathered,
I, filled with rage,
lead you now to Yama’s house.

॥ 6.45.8, 16 ॥

CrEd 6.35.8, 16

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

निरन्तरशरीरौ तु भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ।
क्रुद्धेनेन्द्रजिता वीरौ पन्नगैः शरतां गतैः ।
बद्धौ तु शरबन्धेन ताव् उभौ रणमूर्धनि ।
निमेषान्तरमात्रेण न शेकतुर् उदीक्षितुम् ॥

nirantaraśarīrau tu bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau
kruddhenendrajitā vīrau pannagaiḥ śaratāṃ gataiḥ
baddhau tu śarabandhena tāv ubhau raṇamūrdhani
nimeṣāntaramātreṇa na śekatur udīkṣitum

English

Bodies covered without a gap,
the brothers, Rama and Lakshmana,
heroes, by enraged Indrajit,
with serpents become arrows,
bound with the arrow-bond,
the two, at the battle’s head,
even for an eye-blink’s space
could not look up.

॥ 6.45.17–18, 22, 24 ॥

CrEd 6.35.17–18, 22, 24

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

ततो विभिन्नसर्वाङ्गौ शरशल्याचिताव् उभौ ।
ध्वजाव् इव महेन्द्रस्य रज्जुमुक्तौ प्रकम्पितौ ।
तौ संप्रचलितौ वीरौ मर्मभेदेन कर्शितौ ।
निपेततुर् महेष्वासौ जगत्यां जगतीपती ।
पपात प्रथमं रामो विद्धो मर्मसु मार्गणैः ।
क्रोधाद् इन्द्रजिता येन पुरा शक्रो विनिर्जितः ।
स वीरशयने शिश्ये विज्यम् आदाय कार्मुकम् ।
भिन्नमुष्टिपरीणाहं त्रिणतं रुक्मभूषितम् ॥

tato vibhinnasarvāṅgau śaraśalyācitāv ubhau
dhvajāv iva mahendrasya rajjumuktau prakampitau
tau saṃpracalitau vīrau marmabhedena karśitau
nipetatur maheṣvāsau jagatyāṃ jagatīpatī
papāta prathamaṃ rāmo viddho marmasu mārgaṇaiḥ
krodhād indrajitā yena purā śakro vinirjitaḥ
sa vīraśayane śiśye vijyam ādāya kārmukam
bhinnamuṣṭiparīṇāhaṃ triṇataṃ rukmabhūṣitam

English

Then, every limb pierced,
both studded with arrowheads,
like great Indra’s banners
loosed from their ropes, they shook.
Swaying, the two heroes,
worn down, their vitals pierced,
the great archers fell to the earth,
the lords of the earth.
Rama fell first,
pierced in his vitals by arrows
of Indrajit in his wrath,
who once had conquered Shakra.
He lay on the hero’s bed,
holding his unstrung bow,
its grip loosed,
bent in three places, gold-adorned.

॥ 6.45.25 ॥

CrEd 6.35.25

silent moment

॥ 6.45.28; 6.46.1–7 ॥

CrEd 6.35.26; 6.36.1–7

silent moment

॥ 6.46.8–10 ॥

CrEd 6.36.8–10

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

अन्तरिक्षं निरीक्षन्तो दिशः सर्वाश् च वानराः ।
न चैनं मायया छन्नं ददृशू रावणिं रणे ।
तं तु मायाप्रतिच्छिन्नं माययैव विभीषणः ।
वीक्षमाणो ददर्शाथ भ्रातुः पुत्रम् अवस्थितम् ।
तम् अप्रतिम कर्माणम् अप्रतिद्वन्द्वम् आहवे ।
ददर्शान्तर्हितं वीरं वरदानाद् विभीषणः ॥

antarikṣaṃ nirīkṣanto diśaḥ sarvāś ca vānarāḥ
na cainaṃ māyayā channaṃ dadṛśū rāvaṇiṃ raṇe
taṃ tu māyāpraticchinnaṃ māyayaiva vibhīṣaṇaḥ
vīkṣamāṇo dadarśātha bhrātuḥ putram avasthitam
tam apratima karmāṇam apratidvandvam āhave
dadarśāntarhitaṃ vīraṃ varadānād vibhīṣaṇaḥ

English

Searching the sky
and all the directions, the monkeys
could not see him, hid by illusion,
Ravana’s son, in the battle.
But him, hidden by illusion,
by illusion Vibhishana,
looking, saw: his brother’s son,
standing there.
Unmatched in deeds,
unrivalled in battle,
the hero, unseen, Vibhishana saw,
by the gift of a boon.

॥ 6.46.12–13 ॥

CrEd 6.36.12–13

Indrajit

Sanskrit

दूषणस्य च हन्तारौ खरस्य च महाबलौ ।
सादितौ मामकैर् बाणैर् भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ।
नेमौ मोक्षयितुं शक्याव् एतस्माद् इषुबन्धनात् ।
सर्वैर् अपि समागम्य सर्षिसङ्घैः सुरासुरैः ॥

dūṣaṇasya ca hantārau kharasya ca mahābalau
sāditau māmakair bāṇair bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau
nemau mokṣayituṃ śakyāv etasmād iṣubandhanāt
sarvair api samāgamya sarṣisaṅghaiḥ surāsuraiḥ

English

Slayers of Dushana,
and of Khara, the mighty ones,
felled by my arrows,
the brothers Rama and Lakshmana:
these two cannot be freed
from this arrow-bond,
not by all gods and asuras together,
with the hosts of rishis.

॥ 6.46.16 ॥

CrEd 6.36.16

Indrajit

Sanskrit

रामस्य लक्ष्मणस्यैव सर्वेषां च वनौकसाम् ।
विक्रमा निष्फलाः सर्वे यथा शरदि तोयदाः ॥

rāmasya lakṣmaṇasyaiva sarveṣāṃ ca vanaukasām
vikramā niṣphalāḥ sarve yathā śaradi toyadāḥ

English

Of Rama, of Lakshmana,
of all the forest-dwellers,
the valour is all barren,
like clouds in autumn.

॥ 6.46.17, 23 ॥

CrEd 6.36.17–18

silent moment

॥ 6.46.24 ॥

CrEd 6.36.19

Indrajit

Sanskrit

शरबन्धेन घोरेण मया बद्धौ चमूमुखे ।
सहितौ भ्रातराव् एतौ निशामयत राक्षसाः ॥

śarabandhena ghoreṇa mayā baddhau camūmukhe
sahitau bhrātarāv etau niśāmayata rākṣasāḥ

English

With the dreadful arrow-bond,
bound by me at the army’s head,
the two brothers together:
behold them, rakshasas!

॥ 6.46.25–28 ॥

CrEd 6.36.20–23

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

एवम् उक्तास् तु ते सर्वे राक्षसाः कूटयोधिनः ।
परं विस्मयम् आजग्मुः कर्मणा तेन तोषिताः ।
विनेदुश् च महानादान् सर्वे ते जलदोपमाः ।
हतो राम इति ज्ञात्वा रावणिं समपूजयन् ।
निष्पन्दौ तु तदा दृष्ट्वा ताव् उभौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ।
वसुधायां निरुच्छ्वासौ हताव् इत्य् अन्वमन्यत ।
हर्षेण तु समाविष्ट इन्द्रजित् समितिंजयः ।
प्रविवेश पुरीं लङ्कां हर्षयन् सर्वनैरृतान् ॥

evam uktās tu te sarve rākṣasāḥ kūṭayodhinaḥ
paraṃ vismayam ājagmuḥ karmaṇā tena toṣitāḥ
vineduś ca mahānādān sarve te jaladopamāḥ
hato rāma iti jñātvā rāvaṇiṃ samapūjayan
niṣpandau tu tadā dṛṣṭvā tāv ubhau rāmalakṣmaṇau
vasudhāyāṃ nirucchvāsau hatāv ity anvamanyata
harṣeṇa tu samāviṣṭa indrajit samitiṃjayaḥ
praviveśa purīṃ laṅkāṃ harṣayan sarvanairṛtān

English

So addressed, all those
rakshasas who fight by deceit
were filled with wonder,
delighted by that deed.
All roared great roars,
like thunderclouds,
and, “Rama is slain,” knowing,
they honoured Ravana’s son.
Seeing then the two motionless,
Rama and Lakshmana,
breathless on the earth,
he thought them slain.
Filled with joy,
Indrajit, conqueror in battle,
entered the city of Lanka,
gladdening all the nairritas.

॥ 6.46.29–30 ॥

CrEd 6.36.24–25

silent moment

॥ 6.46.31 ॥

CrEd 6.36.26

Vibhishana

Sanskrit

अलं त्रासेन सुग्रीव बाष्पवेगो निगृह्यताम् ।
एवं प्रायाणि युद्धानि विजयो नास्ति नैष्ठिकः ॥

alaṃ trāsena sugrīva bāṣpavego nigṛhyatām
evaṃ prāyāṇi yuddhāni vijayo nāsti naiṣṭhikaḥ

English

Enough of fear, Sugriva;
hold back the flood of tears.
Such, mostly, are wars;
no victory is sure.

॥ 6.46.33 ॥

CrEd 6.36.28

Vibhishana

Sanskrit

पर्यवस्थापयात्मानम् अनाथं मां च वानर ।
सत्यधर्मानुरक्तानां नास्ति मृत्युकृतं भयम् ॥

paryavasthāpayātmānam anāthaṃ māṃ ca vānara
satyadharmānuraktānāṃ nāsti mṛtyukṛtaṃ bhayam

English

Steady yourself, monkey,
and me, who have no protector.
For those devoted to truth and dharma
there is no fear of death.

॥ 6.46.34 ॥

CrEd 6.36.29

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

एवम् उक्त्वा ततस् तस्य जलक्लिन्नेन पाणिना ।
सुग्रीवस्य शुभे नेत्रे प्रममार्ज विभीषणः ॥

evam uktvā tatas tasya jalaklinnena pāṇinā
sugrīvasya śubhe netre pramamārja vibhīṣaṇaḥ

English

Having said this,
with a hand wet with water,
Sugriva’s fair eyes
Vibhishana wiped.

॥ 6.46.40 ॥

CrEd 6.36.34

Vibhishana

Sanskrit

नैतत् किं चन रामस्य न च रामो मुमूर्षति ।
न ह्य् एनं हास्यते लक्ष्मीर् दुर्लभा या गतायुषाम् ॥

naitat kiṃ cana rāmasya na ca rāmo mumūrṣati
na hy enaṃ hāsyate lakṣmīr durlabhā yā gatāyuṣām

English

This is nothing to Rama,
nor is Rama dying;
the radiance will not leave him,
rare for those whose life is spent.

॥ 6.46.45–47 ॥

CrEd 6.36.39–41

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

इन्द्रजित् तु महामायः सर्वसैन्यसमावृतः ।
विवेश नगरीं लङ्कां पितरं चाभ्युपागमत् ।
तत्र रावणम् आसीनम् अभिवाद्य कृताञ्जलिः ।
आचचक्षे प्रियं पित्रे निहतौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ।
उत्पपात ततो हृष्टः पुत्रं च परिषस्वजे ।
रावणो रक्षसां मध्ये श्रुत्वा शत्रू निपातितौ ॥

indrajit tu mahāmāyaḥ sarvasainyasamāvṛtaḥ
viveśa nagarīṃ laṅkāṃ pitaraṃ cābhyupāgamat
tatra rāvaṇam āsīnam abhivādya kṛtāñjaliḥ
ācacakṣe priyaṃ pitre nihatau rāmalakṣmaṇau
utpapāta tato hṛṣṭaḥ putraṃ ca pariṣasvaje
rāvaṇo rakṣasāṃ madhye śrutvā śatrū nipātitau

English

Indrajit, the great illusionist,
his whole army round him,
entered the city of Lanka
and went to his father.
There, saluting Ravana as he sat,
with joined palms,
he told his father the welcome news:
Rama and Lakshmana slain.
Then up he leapt in joy
and embraced his son,
Ravana, among the rakshasas,
hearing his foes were felled.

॥ 6.47.1–4 ॥

CrEd 6.37.1–4

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

प्रतिप्रविष्टे लङ्कां तु कृतार्थे रावणात्मजे ।
राघवं परिवार्यार्ता ररक्षुर् वानरर्षभाः ।
हनूमान् अङ्गदो नीलः सुषेणः कुमुदो नलः ।
गजो गवाक्षो गवयः शरभो गन्धमादनः ।
जाम्बवान् ऋषभः सुन्दो रम्भः शतबलिः पृथुः ।
व्यूढानीकाश् च यत्ताश् च द्रुमान् आदाय सर्वतः ।
वीक्षमाणा दिशः सर्वास् तिर्यग् ऊर्ध्वं च वानराः ।
तृणेष्व् अपि च चेष्टत्सु राक्षसा इति मेनिरे ॥

pratipraviṣṭe laṅkāṃ tu kṛtārthe rāvaṇātmaje
rāghavaṃ parivāryārtā rarakṣur vānararṣabhāḥ
hanūmān aṅgado nīlaḥ suṣeṇaḥ kumudo nalaḥ
gajo gavākṣo gavayaḥ śarabho gandhamādanaḥ
jāmbavān ṛṣabhaḥ sundo rambhaḥ śatabaliḥ pṛthuḥ
vyūḍhānīkāś ca yattāś ca drumān ādāya sarvataḥ
vīkṣamāṇā diśaḥ sarvās tiryag ūrdhvaṃ ca vānarāḥ
tṛṇeṣv api ca ceṣṭatsu rākṣasā iti menire

English

When Ravana’s son, his purpose won,
had gone back into Lanka,
the monkey chiefs, stricken, ringed
Raghava, and guarded him:
Hanuman, Angada, Nila,
Sushena, Kumuda, Nala,
Gaja, Gavaksha, Gavaya,
Sharabha, Gandhamadana,
Jambavan, Rishabha, Sunda,
Rambha, Shatabali, Prithu,
ranks drawn up and watchful,
trees in hand on every side.
Watching every direction,
across and above, the monkeys,
if even the grass stirred,
thought: rakshasas.

॥ 6.47.1 ॥

CrEd 6.37.1

silent moment

Part 2 · பகுதி 2

Blazing like fire

Valmiki 6.48.35; 6.49.1–6.50.65 (CrEd 6.38.35; 6.39.1–6.40.64)

॥ 6.48.35 ॥

CrEd 6.38.35

silent moment

॥ 6.49.1–3 ॥

CrEd 6.39.1–3

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

घोरेण शरबन्धेन बद्धौ दशरथात्मजौ ।
निश्वसन्तौ यथा नागौ शयानौ रुधिरोक्षितौ ।
सर्वे ते वानरश्रेष्ठाः ससुग्रीवा महाबलाः ।
परिवार्य महात्मानौ तस्थुः शोकपरिप्लुताः ।
एतस्मिन्न् अन्तेरे रामः प्रत्यबुध्यत वीर्यवान् ।
स्थिरत्वात् सत्त्वयोगाच् च शरैः संदानितोऽपि सन् ॥

ghoreṇa śarabandhena baddhau daśarathātmajau
niśvasantau yathā nāgau śayānau rudhirokṣitau
sarve te vānaraśreṣṭhāḥ sasugrīvā mahābalāḥ
parivārya mahātmānau tasthuḥ śokapariplutāḥ
etasminn antere rāmaḥ pratyabudhyata vīryavān
sthiratvāt sattvayogāc ca śaraiḥ saṃdānito 'pi san

English

Bound with the dreadful arrow-bond,
the sons of Dasharatha
lay breathing like serpents,
smeared with blood.
All the mighty monkey chiefs,
with Sugriva,
stood round the great-souled two,
flooded with grief.
Meanwhile Rama woke,
the valiant one,
by his steadfastness and strength of spirit,
though bound with arrows.

॥ 6.49.4 ॥

CrEd 6.39.4

silent moment

॥ 6.49.5–6 ॥

CrEd 6.39.5–6

Rama

Sanskrit

किं नु मे सीतया कार्यं किं कार्यं जीवितेन वा ।
शयानं योऽद्य पश्यामि भ्रातरं युधि निर्जितम् ।
शक्या सीता समा नारी प्राप्तुं लोके विचिन्वता ।
न लक्ष्मणसमो भ्राता सचिवः साम्परायिकः ॥

kiṃ nu me sītayā kāryaṃ kiṃ kāryaṃ jīvitena vā
śayānaṃ yo 'dya paśyāmi bhrātaraṃ yudhi nirjitam
śakyā sītā samā nārī prāptuṃ loke vicinvatā
na lakṣmaṇasamo bhrātā sacivaḥ sāmparāyikaḥ

English

What is Sita to me,
or what is life,
when today I see my brother
lying beaten in battle?
A woman like Sita may be found
by one who searches the world;
not a brother like Lakshmana,
counsellor, comrade in battle.

॥ 6.49.13 ॥

CrEd 6.39.13

Rama

Sanskrit

त्वं नित्यं सुविषण्णं माम् आश्वासयसि लक्ष्मण ।
गतासुर् नाद्य शक्नोषि माम् आर्तम् अभिभाषितुम् ॥

tvaṃ nityaṃ suviṣaṇṇaṃ mām āśvāsayasi lakṣmaṇa
gatāsur nādya śaknoṣi mām ārtam abhibhāṣitum

English

Always, when I despaired,
you comforted me, Lakshmana;
today, your life gone, you cannot
speak to me in my pain.

॥ 6.49.17 ॥

CrEd 6.39.17

Rama

Sanskrit

यथैव मां वनं यान्तम् अनुयातो महाद्युतिः ।
अहम् अप्य् अनुयास्यामि तथैवैनं यमक्षयम् ॥

yathaiva māṃ vanaṃ yāntam anuyāto mahādyutiḥ
aham apy anuyāsyāmi tathaivainaṃ yamakṣayam

English

Just as, when I went to the forest,
he followed me, the radiant one,
so I too will follow him,
to Yama’s abode.

॥ 6.49.23–24 ॥

CrEd 6.39.23–24

condensed from 6.49.23–24

Rama

Sanskrit

अस्मिन् मुहूर्ते सुग्रीव प्रतियातुम् इतोऽर्हसि … अङ्गदं तु पुरस्कृत्य ससैन्यः ससुहृज्जनः ।
सागरं तर सुग्रीव पुनस् तेनैव सेतुना ॥

asmin muhūrte sugrīva pratiyātum ito 'rhasi … aṅgadaṃ tu puraskṛtya sasainyaḥ sasuhṛjjanaḥ
sāgaraṃ tara sugrīva punas tenaiva setunā

English

This very hour, Sugriva,
you should go back from here. …
Putting Angada at your head,
with your army and your friends,
cross the sea, Sugriva,
again, by that same bridge.

॥ 6.49.30 ॥

CrEd 6.39.30

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

शुश्रुवुस् तस्य ते सर्वे वानराः परिदेवितम् ।
वर्तयां चक्रुर् अश्रूणि नेत्रैः कृष्णेतरेक्षणाः ॥

śuśruvus tasya te sarve vānarāḥ paridevitam
vartayāṃ cakrur aśrūṇi netraiḥ kṛṣṇetarekṣaṇāḥ

English

All the monkeys heard
his lament,
and tears rolled from the eyes
of the tawny-eyed.

॥ 6.49.31–32 ॥

CrEd 6.39.31–32

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

ततः सर्वाण्य् अनीकानि स्थापयित्वा विभीषणः ।
आजगाम गदापाणिस् त्वरितो यत्र राघवः ।
तं दृष्ट्वा त्वरितं यान्तं नीलाञ्जनचयोपमम् ।
वानरा दुद्रुवुः सर्वे मन्यमानास् तु रावणिम् ॥

tataḥ sarvāṇy anīkāni sthāpayitvā vibhīṣaṇaḥ
ājagāma gadāpāṇis tvarito yatra rāghavaḥ
taṃ dṛṣṭvā tvaritaṃ yāntaṃ nīlāñjanacayopamam
vānarā dudruvuḥ sarve manyamānās tu rāvaṇim

English

Then, having set all the troops in place,
Vibhishana came,
mace in hand, in haste,
to where Raghava lay.
Seeing him hurrying,
like a heap of dark collyrium,
the monkeys all fled,
taking him for Ravana’s son.

॥ 6.50.1 ॥

CrEd 6.40.1

Sugriva

Sanskrit

किम् इयं व्यथिता सेना मूढवातेव नौर् जले ॥

kim iyaṃ vyathitā senā mūḍhavāteva naur jale

English

Why is this army troubled,
like a ship on the water, its wind astray?

॥ 6.50.2–3 ॥

CrEd 6.40.2–3

Angada

Sanskrit

न त्वं पश्यसि रामं च लक्ष्मणं च महाबलम् ।
शरजालाचितौ वीराव् उभौ दशरथात्मजौ ।
शरतल्पे महात्मानौ शयानौ रुधिरोक्षितौ ॥

na tvaṃ paśyasi rāmaṃ ca lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahābalam
śarajālācitau vīrāv ubhau daśarathātmajau
śaratalpe mahātmānau śayānau rudhirokṣitau

English

Do you not see Rama,
and Lakshmana, the mighty?
Covered with a net of arrows, the heroes,
both sons of Dasharatha,
on a bed of arrows, the great-souled two
lie, smeared with blood.

॥ 6.50.4–12 ॥

CrEd 6.40.4–12

silent moment

॥ 6.50.13–14 ॥

CrEd 6.40.13–14

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

विभीषणस् तु रामस्य दृष्ट्वा गात्रं शरैश् चितम् ।
लक्ष्मणस्य च धर्मात्मा बभूव व्यथितेन्द्रियः ।
जलक्लिन्नेन हस्तेन तयोर् नेत्रे प्रमृज्य च ।
शोकसंपीडितमना रुरोद विललाप च ॥

vibhīṣaṇas tu rāmasya dṛṣṭvā gātraṃ śaraiś citam
lakṣmaṇasya ca dharmātmā babhūva vyathitendriyaḥ
jalaklinnena hastena tayor netre pramṛjya ca
śokasaṃpīḍitamanā ruroda vilalāpa ca

English

Vibhishana, seeing Rama’s body
covered with arrows,
and Lakshmana’s, the righteous one
was shaken in every sense.
With a hand wet with water
he wiped the eyes of both,
and, his mind crushed by grief,
he wept, and he lamented.

॥ 6.50.16 ॥

CrEd 6.40.16

Vibhishana

Sanskrit

भ्रातुः पुत्रेण मे तेन दुष्पुत्रेण दुरात्मना ।
राक्षस्या जिह्मया बुद्ध्या छलिताव् ऋजुविक्रमौ ॥

bhrātuḥ putreṇa me tena duṣputreṇa durātmanā
rākṣasyā jihmayā buddhyā chalitāv ṛjuvikramau

English

By my brother’s son,
that wicked son, evil-souled,
with a rakshasa’s crooked mind,
these two of straight valour are tricked.

॥ 6.50.21–22 ॥

CrEd 6.40.21–22

condensed from 6.50.21–22

Sugriva

Sanskrit

राज्यं प्राप्स्यसि धर्मज्ञ लङ्कायां नात्र संशयः … शरसंपीडिताव् एताव् उभौ राघवलक्ष्मणौ ।
त्यक्त्वा मोहं वधिष्येते सगणं रावणं रणे ॥

rājyaṃ prāpsyasi dharmajña laṅkāyāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ … śarasaṃpīḍitāv etāv ubhau rāghavalakṣmaṇau
tyaktvā mohaṃ vadhiṣyete sagaṇaṃ rāvaṇaṃ raṇe

English

The kingdom you will gain, knower of dharma,
in Lanka; of this there is no doubt. …
Pierced by arrows, these two,
Raghava and Lakshmana,
will shake off their swoon and slay
Ravana and his host in battle.

॥ 6.50.31–32 ॥

CrEd 6.40.31–32

Sushena

Sanskrit

चन्द्रश् च नाम द्रोणश् च पर्वतौ सागरोत्तमे ।
अमृतं यत्र मथितं तत्र ते परमौषधी ।
ते तत्र निहिते देवैः पर्वते परमौषधी ।
अयं वायुसुतो राजन् हनूमांस् तत्र गच्छतु ॥

candraś ca nāma droṇaś ca parvatau sāgarottame
amṛtaṃ yatra mathitaṃ tatra te paramauṣadhī
te tatra nihite devaiḥ parvate paramauṣadhī
ayaṃ vāyusuto rājan hanūmāṃs tatra gacchatu

English

Chandra by name, and Drona,
two mountains in the finest ocean,
where the nectar was churned:
there are the two supreme herbs.
There, set by the gods
on the mountain, the two supreme herbs;
this son of the Wind, king,
Hanuman, let him go there.

॥ 6.50.33–34 ॥

CrEd 6.40.33–34

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे वायुर् मेघांश् चापि सविद्युतः ।
पर्यस्यन् सागरे तोयं कम्पयन्न् इव पर्वतान् ।
महता पक्षवातेन सर्वे द्वीपमहाद्रुमाः ।
निपेतुर् भग्नविटपाः समूला लवणाम्भसि ॥

etasminn antare vāyur meghāṃś cāpi savidyutaḥ
paryasyan sāgare toyaṃ kampayann iva parvatān
mahatā pakṣavātena sarve dvīpamahādrumāḥ
nipetur bhagnaviṭapāḥ samūlā lavaṇāmbhasi

English

At that moment a wind,
and clouds with lightning,
tossing the water in the sea,
as if shaking the mountains;
by a great wind of wings
all the great trees of the islands
fell, their branches broken,
roots and all, into the salt sea.

॥ 6.50.35 ॥

CrEd 6.40.35

silent moment

॥ 6.50.36 ॥

CrEd 6.40.36

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

ततो मुहूर्तद् गरुडं वैनतेयं महाबलम् ।
वानरा ददृशुः सर्वे ज्वलन्तम् इव पावकम् ॥

tato muhūrtad garuḍaṃ vainateyaṃ mahābalam
vānarā dadṛśuḥ sarve jvalantam iva pāvakam

English

Then, in a moment, Garuda,
Vinata’s son, the mighty,
the monkeys all beheld,
blazing like fire.

॥ 6.50.37 ॥

CrEd 6.40.37

silent moment

॥ 6.50.38–40 ॥

CrEd 6.40.38–40

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

ततः सुपर्णः काकुत्स्थौ दृष्ट्वा प्रत्यभिनन्द्य च ।
विममर्श च पाणिभ्यां मुखे चन्द्रसमप्रभे ।
वैनतेयेन संस्पृष्टास् तयोः संरुरुहुर् व्रणाः ।
सुवर्णे च तनू स्निग्धे तयोर् आशु बभूवतुः ।
तेजो वीर्यं बलं चौज उत्साहश् च महागुणाः ।
प्रदर्शनं च बुद्धिश् च स्मृतिश् च द्विगुणं तयोः ॥

tataḥ suparṇaḥ kākutsthau dṛṣṭvā pratyabhinandya ca
vimamarśa ca pāṇibhyāṃ mukhe candrasamaprabhe
vainateyena saṃspṛṣṭās tayoḥ saṃruruhur vraṇāḥ
suvarṇe ca tanū snigdhe tayor āśu babhūvatuḥ
tejo vīryaṃ balaṃ cauja utsāhaś ca mahāguṇāḥ
pradarśanaṃ ca buddhiś ca smṛtiś ca dviguṇaṃ tayoḥ

English

Then Suparna, seeing the Kakutsthas,
greeted them,
and stroked with his hands
their faces, bright as the moon.
Touched by Vinata’s son,
their wounds closed,
and golden and smooth their bodies
at once became.
Splendour, valour, strength, vigour,
zeal, the great virtues,
sight, and mind, and memory:
all were doubled in them.

॥ 6.50.41 ॥

CrEd 6.40.41

silent moment

॥ 6.50.43–44 ॥

CrEd 6.40.43–44

Rama

Sanskrit

यथा तातं दशरथं यथाजं च पितामहम् ।
तथा भवन्तम् आसाद्य हृदयं मे प्रसीदति ।
को भवान् रूपसंपन्नो दिव्यस्रगनुलेपनः ॥

yathā tātaṃ daśarathaṃ yathājaṃ ca pitāmaham
tathā bhavantam āsādya hṛdayaṃ me prasīdati
ko bhavān rūpasaṃpanno divyasraganulepanaḥ

English

As my father Dasharatha,
as Aja, my grandfather,
so, meeting you,
my heart is glad.
Who are you, rich in beauty,
with heavenly garlands and unguents?

॥ 6.50.45–46 ॥

CrEd 6.40.45–46

Garuda

Sanskrit

अहं सखा ते काकुत्स्थ प्रियः प्राणो बहिश्चरः ।
गरुत्मान् इह संप्राप्तो युवयोः साह्यकारणात् ॥

ahaṃ sakhā te kākutstha priyaḥ prāṇo bahiścaraḥ
garutmān iha saṃprāpto yuvayoḥ sāhyakāraṇāt

English

I am your friend, Kakutstha,
your dear breath, moving outside you;
Garutman has come here
to bring help to you both.

॥ 6.50.47–48 ॥

CrEd 6.40.47–48

Garuda

Sanskrit

असुरा वा महावीर्या दानवा वा महाबलाः ।
सुराश् चापि सगन्धर्वाः पुरस्कृत्य शतक्रतुम् ।
नेमं मोक्षयितुं शक्ताः शरबन्धं सुदारुणम् ।
मायाबलाद् इन्द्रजिता निर्मितं क्रूरकर्मणा ॥

asurā vā mahāvīryā dānavā vā mahābalāḥ
surāś cāpi sagandharvāḥ puraskṛtya śatakratum
nemaṃ mokṣayituṃ śaktāḥ śarabandhaṃ sudāruṇam
māyābalād indrajitā nirmitaṃ krūrakarmaṇā

English

Not the asuras of great valour,
not the danavas of great might,
not the gods with the gandharvas,
with Shatakratu at their head,
could free you from this
most dreadful arrow-bond,
made by illusion’s power
by Indrajit of cruel deeds.

॥ 6.50.53 ॥

CrEd 6.40.53

Garuda

Sanskrit

प्रकृत्या राक्षसाः सर्वे संग्रामे कूटयोधिनः ।
शूराणां शुद्धभावानां भवताम् आर्जवं बलम् ॥

prakṛtyā rākṣasāḥ sarve saṃgrāme kūṭayodhinaḥ
śūrāṇāṃ śuddhabhāvānāṃ bhavatām ārjavaṃ balam

English

By nature, all rakshasas
fight by deceit in battle;
for heroes pure of heart like you,
straightness is strength.

॥ 6.50.56, 58 ॥

CrEd 6.40.56–57

condensed from 6.50.56, 58

Garuda

Sanskrit

सखे राघव धर्मज्ञ रिपूणाम् अपि वत्सल ।
अभ्यनुज्ञातुम् इच्छामि गमिष्यामि यथागतम् … रावणं च रिपुं हत्वा सीतां समुपलप्स्यसे ॥

sakhe rāghava dharmajña ripūṇām api vatsala
abhyanujñātum icchāmi gamiṣyāmi yathāgatam … rāvaṇaṃ ca ripuṃ hatvā sītāṃ samupalapsyase

English

Friend Raghava, knower of dharma,
tender even to your foes,
I ask your leave to go;
I will go as I came. …
And, Ravana your foe slain,
Sita you will win back.

॥ 6.50.59–60 ॥

CrEd 6.40.58–59

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Sanskrit

इत्य् एवम् उक्त्वा वचनं सुपर्णः शीघ्रविक्रमः ।
रामं च विरुजं कृत्वा मध्ये तेषां वनौकसाम् ।
प्रदक्षिणं ततः कृत्वा परिष्वज्य च वीर्यवान् ।
जगामाकाशम् आविश्य सुपर्णः पवनो यथा ॥

ity evam uktvā vacanaṃ suparṇaḥ śīghravikramaḥ
rāmaṃ ca virujaṃ kṛtvā madhye teṣāṃ vanaukasām
pradakṣiṇaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā pariṣvajya ca vīryavān
jagāmākāśam āviśya suparṇaḥ pavano yathā

English

Having spoken these words,
Suparna, swift of stride,
having made Rama free of pain
amid the forest-dwellers,
walked round him, keeping him on his right,
embraced him, the mighty one,
and entered the sky and was gone,
Suparna, like the wind.

॥ 6.50.61–64 ॥

CrEd 6.40.60–63

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

विरुजौ राघवौ दृष्ट्वा ततो वानरयूथपाः ।
सिंहनादांस् तदा नेदुर् लाङ्गूलं दुधुवुश् च ते ।
ततो भेरीः समाजघ्नुर् मृदङ्गांश् च व्यनादयन् ।
दध्मुः शङ्खान् संप्रहृष्टाः क्ष्वेलन्त्य् अपि यथापुरम् ।
आस्फोट्यास्फोट्य विक्रान्ता वानरा नगयोधिनः ।
द्रुमान् उत्पाट्य विविधांस् तस्थुः शतसहस्रशः ।
विसृजन्तो महानादांस् त्रासयन्तो निशाचरान् ।
लङ्काद्वाराण्य् उपाजग्मुर् योद्धुकामाः प्लवंगमाः ॥

virujau rāghavau dṛṣṭvā tato vānarayūthapāḥ
siṃhanādāṃs tadā nedur lāṅgūlaṃ dudhuvuś ca te
tato bherīḥ samājaghnur mṛdaṅgāṃś ca vyanādayan
dadhmuḥ śaṅkhān saṃprahṛṣṭāḥ kṣvelanty api yathāpuram
āsphoṭyāsphoṭya vikrāntā vānarā nagayodhinaḥ
drumān utpāṭya vividhāṃs tasthuḥ śatasahasraśaḥ
visṛjanto mahānādāṃs trāsayanto niśācarān
laṅkādvārāṇy upājagmur yoddhukāmāḥ plavaṃgamāḥ

English

Seeing the Raghavas free of pain,
the monkey troop-leaders then
roared lion-roars
and lashed their tails.
Then they beat the kettledrums,
made the mridangas sound,
blew conches, overjoyed,
and cheered as before.
Slapping their arms again and again,
the valiant tree-fighting monkeys,
tearing up trees of every kind,
stood by hundreds of thousands.
Sending up great roars,
terrifying the night-rovers,
to Lanka’s gates they came,
the monkeys, eager to fight.