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Tataka, and the guarded fire

ताटका, और रक्षित यज्ञ-अग्नि
Valmiki · Bala Kanda
1.24.1–1.30.26 (CrEd 1.23.1–1.29.23)

गंगा पार करके विश्वामित्र राम और लक्ष्मण को यक्षिणी ताटका के भयानक वन में ले जाते हैं, जो मलद और करूष जनपदों को उजाड़ती है। मुनि के कहने पर, जिनकी बात मानने की आज्ञा पिता ने दी थी, राम उसे मार डालते हैं, और प्रसन्न मुनि उन्हें देवताओं के अस्त्र देते हैं। सिद्धाश्रम में दोनों राजकुमार छह रातें बिना सोए मुनि के यज्ञ की रक्षा करते हैं; जब मारीच और सुबाहु उस पर टूटते हैं, तो राम मानव अस्त्र से मारीच को समुद्र में फेंक देते हैं और सुबाहु तथा बाकी राक्षसों को मार डालते हैं।

Crossing the Ganga, Vishvamitra leads Rama and Lakshmana into the dreadful forest of the yakshi Tataka, who lays the lands of Malada and Karusha waste. At the sage's word, which his father bade him obey, Rama kills her, and the pleased sage gives him the weapons of the gods. At Siddhashrama the princes guard the sage's rite for six sleepless nights; when Maricha and Subahu fall on it, Rama hurls Maricha into the sea with the Manava weapon and kills Subahu and the rest.

Sanskrit · Hindi · English·Translation: Raam Leela

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Part 1 · भाग 1

The forest of Tataka

Valmiki 1.24.1–1.27.27 (CrEd 1.23.1–1.26.24)

॥ 1.24.1–6 ॥

CrEd 1.23.1–5

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 1.24.7 ॥

CrEd 1.23.5

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

अथ रामः सरिन्मध्ये पप्रच्छ मुनिपुङ्गवम् ।
वारिणो भिद्यमानस्य किम् अयं तुमुलो ध्वनिः ॥

atha rāmaḥ sarinmadhye papraccha munipuṅgavam
vāriṇo bhidyamānasya kim ayaṃ tumulo dhvaniḥ

Translation

Then Rama, in the river’s midst,
asked the bull among sages:
“Of water riven apart,
what is this tumult of sound?”

लीला

यह कैसा भारी गर्जन है? जैसे पानी फट रहा हो।

Subtitle

What is this roar,
like water breaking apart?

॥ 1.24.9–11 ॥

CrEd 1.23.8–9

विश्वामित्रVishvamitra

वाल्मीकि

तस्मात् सुस्राव सरसः सायोध्याम् उपगूहते ।
सरःप्रवृत्ता सरयूः पुण्या ब्रह्मसरश्च्युता ।
तस्यायम् अतुलः शब्दो जाह्नवीम् अभिवर्तते ।
वारिसंक्षोभजो राम प्रणामं नियतः कुरु ॥

tasmāt susrāva sarasaḥ sāyodhyām upagūhate
saraḥpravṛttā sarayūḥ puṇyā brahmasaraścyutā
tasyāyam atulaḥ śabdo jāhnavīm abhivartate
vārisaṃkṣobhajo rāma praṇāmaṃ niyataḥ kuru

Translation

From that lake she streamed away,
she who embraces Ayodhya:
risen from the lake, the Sarayu,
holy, fallen from Brahma’s lake.
Hers is this matchless sound
that rolls on to the Jahnavi,
born of the clashing waters. Rama,
bow down, with a mind restrained.

लीला

ब्रह्मा के सरोवर से निकली पवित्र सरयू, जो अयोध्या को घेरकर बहती है। गंगा से मिलते हुए वही गरज रही है। राम, प्रणाम करो।

Subtitle

From Brahma's lake flows the Sarayu,
the river round Ayodhya.
This roar is hers, meeting the Ganga.
Bow to them, Rama.

॥ 1.24.12 ॥

CrEd 1.23.10

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 1.24.12–14 ॥

CrEd 1.23.10–13

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 1.24.13–15 ॥

CrEd 1.23.12–14

condensed from 1.24.13–15

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

अहो वनम् इदं दुर्गं झिल्लिकागणनादितम् ।
भैरवैः श्वापदैः कीर्णं शकुन्तैर् दारुणारुतैः ।
… किं न्व् इदं दारुणं वनम् ॥

aho vanam idaṃ durgaṃ jhillikāgaṇanāditam
bhairavaiḥ śvāpadaiḥ kīrṇaṃ śakuntair dāruṇārutaiḥ
… kiṃ nv idaṃ dāruṇaṃ vanam

Translation

Ah, this forest, hard to pass,
loud with the crickets’ swarms,
thronged with fearsome beasts of prey,
with birds of cruel cries!
…
What is this dreadful forest?

लीला

अरे, कितना घना वन है! झींगुरों का शोर, भयानक जानवर, कर्कश पक्षी। यह कैसा डरावना वन है?

Subtitle

How dense this forest is,
loud with crickets,
full of fierce beasts and harsh birds.
What is this dreadful forest?

॥ 1.24.17 ॥

CrEd 1.23.16

विश्वामित्रVishvamitra

वाल्मीकि

एतौ जनपदौ स्फीतौ पूर्वम् आस्तां नरोत्तम ।
मलदाश् च करूषाश् च देवनिर्माणनिर्मितौ ॥

etau janapadau sphītau pūrvam āstāṃ narottama
maladāś ca karūṣāś ca devanirmāṇanirmitau

Translation

These two lands were rich of old,
O best of men:
the Maladas and the Karushas,
shaped by the gods’ own shaping.

लीला

नरश्रेष्ठ, यहाँ कभी दो भरे-पूरे देश थे, मलद और करूष। देवताओं के बसाए हुए।

Subtitle

Once, best of men,
two rich lands lay here,
Malada and Karusha,
made by the gods.

॥ 1.24.25–27 ॥

CrEd 1.23.24–26

condensed from 1.24.25–27

विश्वामित्रVishvamitra

वाल्मीकि

कस्य चित् त्व् अथ कालस्य यक्षी वै कामरूपिणी … ।
ताटका नाम भद्रं ते भार्या सुन्दस्य धीमतः ।
मारीचो राक्षसः पुत्रो यस्याः शक्रपराक्रमः ।
इमौ जनपदौ नित्यं विनाशयति राघव ॥

kasya cit tv atha kālasya yakṣī vai kāmarūpiṇī …
tāṭakā nāma bhadraṃ te bhāryā sundasya dhīmataḥ
mārīco rākṣasaḥ putro yasyāḥ śakraparākramaḥ
imau janapadau nityaṃ vināśayati rāghava

Translation

Then, when some time had passed,
a yakshi, taking forms at will …
Tataka by name, bless you,
the wife of Sunda the wise,
whose son, the rakshasa Maricha,
has the valour of Indra:
these two lands, for ever,
she lays to ruin, Raghava.

लीला

फिर आई ताटका, एक यक्षिणी, सुंद की पत्नी। राक्षस मारीच उसका बेटा है, इन्द्र जैसा बलवान। राघव, वह रोज़ इन दोनों देशों को उजाड़ती है।

Subtitle

Then came Tataka, a yakshi,
wife of Sunda, mother of Maricha.
Day after day, Raghava,
she lays these lands waste.

॥ 1.24.29–30 ॥

CrEd 1.23.28

विश्वामित्रVishvamitra

वाल्मीकि

स्वबाहुबलम् आश्रित्य जहीमां दुष्टचारिणीम् ।
मन्नियोगाद् इमं देशं कुरु निष्कण्टकं पुनः ॥

svabāhubalam āśritya jahīmāṃ duṣṭacāriṇīm
manniyogād imaṃ deśaṃ kuru niṣkaṇṭakaṃ punaḥ

Translation

Trusting the strength of your own arms,
slay this woman of evil ways;
at my command make this land
free of its thorns once more.

लीला

अपनी भुजाओं के बल पर भरोसा रखो, और इस दुष्टा को मार डालो। मेरी आज्ञा है, इस देश को फिर से निष्कंटक कर दो।

Subtitle

Trust the strength of your arms.
Kill this evil-doer.
At my word, make this land
free of thorns again.

॥ 1.25.2 ॥

CrEd 1.24.2

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

अल्पवीर्या यदा यक्षाः श्रूयन्ते मुनिपुंगव ।
कथं नागसहस्रस्य धारयत्य् अबला बलम् ॥

alpavīryā yadā yakṣāḥ śrūyante munipuṃgava
kathaṃ nāgasahasrasya dhārayaty abalā balam

Translation

When yakshas, bull among sages,
are said to be of little strength,
how does a woman, the strengthless one,
bear the strength of a thousand elephants?

लीला

मुनिवर, सुना है, यक्षों में बल कम होता है। फिर एक स्त्री में हज़ार हाथियों का बल कैसे?

Subtitle

Yakshas are weak, they say.
How can a woman
hold the strength
of a thousand elephants?

॥ 1.25.11–13 ॥

CrEd 1.24.9–11

विश्वामित्रVishvamitra

वाल्मीकि

सुन्दे तु निहते राम अगस्त्यम् ऋषिसत्तमम् ।
ताटका सह पुत्रेण प्रधर्षयितुम् इच्छति ।
राक्षसत्वं भजस्वेति मारीचं व्याजहार सः ।
अगस्त्यः परमक्रुद्धस् ताटकाम् अपि शप्तवान् ।
पुरुषादी महायक्षी विरूपा विकृतानना ॥

sunde tu nihate rāma agastyam ṛṣisattamam
tāṭakā saha putreṇa pradharṣayitum icchati
rākṣasatvaṃ bhajasveti mārīcaṃ vyājahāra saḥ
agastyaḥ paramakruddhas tāṭakām api śaptavān
puruṣādī mahāyakṣī virūpā vikṛtānanā

Translation

When Sunda was slain, Rama,
Agastya, best of seers,
Tataka, with her son,
set out to overpower.
“Take on a rakshasa’s nature,”
he declared to Maricha;
Agastya, in towering rage,
cursed Tataka as well:
“Eater of men, great yakshi,
misshapen, twisted of face…”

लीला

सुंद के मरने पर यह बेटे को लेकर अगस्त्य ऋषि पर टूट पड़ी। ऋषि ने क्रोध में शाप दिया। मारीच राक्षस बना, और यह नरभक्षी, विकृत मुख वाली।

Subtitle

When Sunda died,
she and her son fell on Agastya.
He cursed them: Maricha a rakshasa,
and she a man-eater.

॥ 1.25.17 ॥

CrEd 1.24.15

विश्वामित्रVishvamitra

वाल्मीकि

न हि ते स्त्रीवधकृते घृणा कार्या नरोत्तम ।
चातुर्वर्ण्यहितार्थाय कर्तव्यं राजसूनुना ॥

na hi te strīvadhakṛte ghṛṇā kāryā narottama
cāturvarṇyahitārthāya kartavyaṃ rājasūnunā

Translation

No pity must you feel, best of men,
for the slaying of a woman;
for the good of all four orders
a king’s son must do this deed.

लीला

नरश्रेष्ठ, स्त्री को मारने में दया मत करना। प्रजा के भले के लिए, राजकुमार को यह करना ही होगा।

Subtitle

Feel no pity, best of men,
at killing a woman.
For the good of all the people,
a king's son must do this.

॥ 1.26.1 ॥

CrEd 1.25.1

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 1.26.2–4 ॥

CrEd 1.25.2–4

condensed from 1.26.2–4

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

पितुर् वचननिर्देशात् पितुर् वचनगौरवात् ।
वचनं कौशिकस्येति कर्तव्यम् अविशङ्कया … ।
सोऽहं पितुर् वचः श्रुत्वा शासनाद् ब्रह्मवादिनः ।
करिष्यामि न संदेहस् ताटकावधम् उत्तमम् ॥

pitur vacananirdeśāt pitur vacanagauravāt
vacanaṃ kauśikasyeti kartavyam aviśaṅkayā …
so 'haṃ pitur vacaḥ śrutvā śāsanād brahmavādinaḥ
kariṣyāmi na saṃdehas tāṭakāvadham uttamam

Translation

At my father’s direction,
in reverence for my father’s word,
Kaushika’s word is to be done,
and done without misgiving.
…
So I, who heard my father’s word,
at the bidding of one who speaks the Veda,
will do it, of that there is no doubt:
the high deed, the slaying of Tataka.

लीला

पिता की आज्ञा है, कौशिक जो कहें, बिना शंका करना। पिता का वचन है, आपका आदेश है। मैं ताटका का वध करूँगा, संदेह नहीं।

Subtitle

My father said: do what Kaushika says,
without a doubt.
It is his word, and your command.
I will kill Tataka.

॥ 1.26.6–7 ॥

CrEd 1.25.6–7

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 1.26.7–8 ॥

CrEd 1.25.7–8

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 1.26.10 ॥

CrEd 1.25.10

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

पश्य लक्ष्मण यक्षिण्या भैरवं दारुणं वपुः ।
भिद्येरन् दर्शनाद् अस्या भीरूणां हृदयानि च ॥

paśya lakṣmaṇa yakṣiṇyā bhairavaṃ dāruṇaṃ vapuḥ
bhidyeran darśanād asyā bhīrūṇāṃ hṛdayāni ca

Translation

Look, Lakshmana, at the yakshi’s
body, terrible and dread;
at the mere sight of her
the hearts of the timid would break.

लीला

देखो लक्ष्मण, इस यक्षिणी का भयानक रूप। इसे देखकर ही डरपोक का कलेजा फट जाए।

Subtitle

Look, Lakshmana,
at the yakshi's dreadful body.
One sight of her
would break a coward's heart.

॥ 1.26.11–12 ॥

CrEd 1.25.11–12

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

एनां पश्य दुराधर्षां मायाबलसमन्विताम् ।
विनिवृत्तां करोम्य् अद्य हृतकर्णाग्रनासिकाम् ।
न ह्य् एनाम् उत्सहे हन्तुं स्त्रीस्वभावेन रक्षिताम् ।
वीर्यं चास्या गतिं चापि हनिष्यामीति मे मतिः ॥

enāṃ paśya durādharṣāṃ māyābalasamanvitām
vinivṛttāṃ karomy adya hṛtakarṇāgranāsikām
na hy enām utsahe hantuṃ strīsvabhāvena rakṣitām
vīryaṃ cāsyā gatiṃ cāpi haniṣyāmīti me matiḥ

Translation

See her, hard to overcome,
armed with the power of illusion:
today I will turn her back,
her ears and nose-tip shorn away.
I have no heart to kill her,
guarded by her woman’s nature;
her valour and her motion
I will destroy: such is my mind.

लीला

आज मैं इसके कान और नाक काटकर इसे लौटा दूँगा। स्त्री है, इसलिए इसे मारने का मन नहीं होता। इसका बल और इसकी गति, बस यही हर लूँगा।

Subtitle

Today I will turn her back,
her ears and nose cut off.
A woman: I will not kill her,
only take her strength and speed.

॥ 1.26.13 ॥

CrEd 1.25.13

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 1.26.15–18 ॥

popular text only · not in the CrEd

वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

उद्धुन्वाना रजो घोरं ताटका राघवाव् उभौ ।
रजोमेघेन महता मुहूर्तं सा व्यमोहयत् ।
ततो मायां समास्थाय शिलावर्षेण राघवौ ।
अवाकिरत् सुमहता ततश् चुक्रोध राघवः ।
शिलावर्षं महत् तस्याः शरवर्षेण राघवः ।
प्रतिवार्योपधावन्त्याः करौ चिच्छेद पत्रिभिः ।
ततश् छिन्नभुजां श्रान्ताम् अभ्याशे परिगर्जतीम् ।
सौमित्रिर् अकरोत् क्रोधाद् धृतकर्णाग्रनासिकाम् ॥

uddhunvānā rajo ghoraṃ tāṭakā rāghavāv ubhau
rajomeghena mahatā muhūrtaṃ sā vyamohayat
tato māyāṃ samāsthāya śilāvarṣeṇa rāghavau
avākirat sumahatā tataś cukrodha rāghavaḥ
śilāvarṣaṃ mahat tasyāḥ śaravarṣeṇa rāghavaḥ
prativāryopadhāvantyāḥ karau ciccheda patribhiḥ
tataś chinnabhujāṃ śrāntām abhyāśe parigarjatīm
saumitrir akarot krodhād dhṛtakarṇāgranāsikām

Translation

Whirling up a dreadful dust,
the Raghavas both, Tataka
with a mighty cloud of dust
for a moment bewildered.
Then, resorting to illusion,
with a rain of stones the Raghavas
she buried, a mighty rain;
and at that Raghava grew angry.
Her great rain of stones
with a rain of arrows Raghava
warded off, and as she rushed on
he cut away her arms with feathered shafts.
Then, her arms severed, spent,
roaring close at hand,
Saumitri, in his anger, left her
shorn of ears and nose-tip.

Subtitle

She raised a storm of dust and stones.
Rama cut off her arms;
Lakshmana, her ears and nose.

॥ 1.26.25–26a ॥

CrEd 1.25.14

वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

ताम् आपतन्तीं वेगेन विक्रान्ताम् अशनीम् इव ।
शरेणोरसि विव्याध सा पपात ममार च ॥

tām āpatantīṃ vegena vikrāntām aśanīm iva
śareṇorasi vivyādha sā papāta mamāra ca

Translation

As she came on, swift,
striding like the thunderbolt,
he pierced her breast with an arrow;
she fell, and she died.

Subtitle

As she fell on him like a thunderbolt,
he pierced her chest with an arrow.
She fell, and died.

॥ 1.26.26b–30 ॥

CrEd 1.25.15–19

वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

तां हतां भीमसंकाशां दृष्ट्वा सुरपतिस् तदा ।
साधु साध्व् इति काकुत्स्थं सुराश् च समपूजयन् ।
उवाच परमप्रीतः सहस्राक्षः पुरंदरः ।
सुराश् च सर्वे संहृष्टा विश्वामित्रम् अथाब्रुवन् ।
मुने कौशिक भद्रं ते सेन्द्राः सर्वे मरुद्गणाः ।
तोषिताः कर्मणानेन स्नेहं दर्शय राघवे ।
प्रजापतेः कृशाश्वस्य पुत्रान् सत्यपराक्रमान् ।
तपोबलभृतान् ब्रह्मन् राघवाय निवेदय ॥

tāṃ hatāṃ bhīmasaṃkāśāṃ dṛṣṭvā surapatis tadā
sādhu sādhv iti kākutsthaṃ surāś ca samapūjayan
uvāca paramaprītaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ puraṃdaraḥ
surāś ca sarve saṃhṛṣṭā viśvāmitram athābruvan
mune kauśika bhadraṃ te sendrāḥ sarve marudgaṇāḥ
toṣitāḥ karmaṇānena snehaṃ darśaya rāghave
prajāpateḥ kṛśāśvasya putrān satyaparākramān
tapobalabhṛtān brahman rāghavāya nivedaya

Translation

Seeing her slain, dread to behold,
the lord of the gods then,
“Well done, well done!”, and the gods with him,
honoured Kakutstha.
Then, deeply pleased, he spoke,
the thousand-eyed, the breaker of cities,
and all the gods, rejoicing,
said to Vishvamitra:
“Sage Kaushika, bless you:
all the Marut hosts, with Indra,
are gladdened by this deed;
show your love to Raghava.
The sons of Prajapati Krishashva,
of valour true,
bearing the strength of austerity, brahmin,
make over to Raghava.”

Subtitle

Indra and the gods cried, "Well done!"
and bade the sage
give Rama the weapons of the gods.

॥ 1.26.31–32 ॥

CrEd 1.25.20–21

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 1.26.33 ॥

CrEd 1.25.22

विश्वामित्रVishvamitra

वाल्मीकि

इहाद्य रजनीं राम वसेम शुभदर्शन ।
श्वः प्रभाते गमिष्यामस् तद् आश्रमपदं मम ॥

ihādya rajanīṃ rāma vasema śubhadarśana
śvaḥ prabhāte gamiṣyāmas tad āśramapadaṃ mama

Translation

Here let us dwell tonight, Rama,
you who are fair to see;
tomorrow, at the break of day,
we go on to that hermitage of mine.

लीला

राम, आज रात यहीं ठहरते हैं। कल सुबह मेरे आश्रम चलेंगे।

Subtitle

Let us stay here tonight, Rama.
At dawn tomorrow
we go on to my hermitage.

॥ 1.27.1 ॥

CrEd 1.26.1

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 1.27.1–27 ॥

CrEd 1.26.1–24

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वाल्मीकि

अथ तां रजनीम् उष्य विश्वामित्रो महायशाः ।
प्रहस्य राघवं वाक्यम् उवाच मधुराक्षरम् ।
परितुष्टोऽस्मि भद्रं ते राजपुत्र महायशः ।
प्रीत्या परमया युक्तो ददाम्य् अस्त्राणि सर्वशः ।
… ।
जपतस् तु मुनेस् तस्य विश्वामित्रस्य धीमतः ।
उपतस्थुर् महार्हाणि सर्वाण्य् अस्त्राणि राघवम् ।
ऊचुश् च मुदिता रामं सर्वे प्राञ्जलयस् तदा ।
इमे स्म परमोदार किंकरास् तव राघव ॥

atha tāṃ rajanīm uṣya viśvāmitro mahāyaśāḥ
prahasya rāghavaṃ vākyam uvāca madhurākṣaram
parituṣṭo 'smi bhadraṃ te rājaputra mahāyaśaḥ
prītyā paramayā yukto dadāmy astrāṇi sarvaśaḥ
…
japatas tu munes tasya viśvāmitrasya dhīmataḥ
upatasthur mahārhāṇi sarvāṇy astrāṇi rāghavam
ūcuś ca muditā rāmaṃ sarve prāñjalayas tadā
ime sma paramodāra kiṃkarās tava rāghava

Translation

Then, that night spent, Vishvamitra,
mighty in fame, smiled,
and spoke to Raghava
words of sweet syllables:
“I am well pleased, bless you,
O prince of great fame;
with the highest love
I give you all the weapons.”
…
As the sage chanted,
Vishvamitra the wise,
the precious weapons, all of them,
came and stood by Raghava.
And joyful, they spoke to Rama,
all with palms joined then:
“Here we are, most noble,
your servants, Raghava.”

Subtitle

At dawn the sage gave Rama
the weapons of the gods.
They stood before him, palms joined:
"We are your servants, Raghava."

Part 2 · भाग 2

The guarded fire

Valmiki 1.28.17–1.30.26 (CrEd 1.27.15–1.29.23)

॥ 1.28.17 ॥

CrEd 1.27.15–16

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 1.28.17 ॥

CrEd 1.27.15

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

किं न्व् एतन् मेघसंकाशं पर्वतस्याविदूरतः ।
वृक्षषण्डम् इतो भाति परं कौतूहलं हि मे ॥

kiṃ nv etan meghasaṃkāśaṃ parvatasyāvidūrataḥ
vṛkṣaṣaṇḍam ito bhāti paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me

Translation

What is that, like a cloud,
not far from the mountain,
a stand of trees shining from here?
Great is my wonder.

लीला

पहाड़ के पास, बादल-सा घना, वह उपवन कैसा है? मुझे बड़ा कौतूहल है।

Subtitle

What is that grove,
dark as a cloud, near the hill?
I long to know.

॥ 1.29.3–4 ॥

CrEd 1.28.2

विश्वामित्रVishvamitra

वाल्मीकि

एष पूर्वाश्रमो राम वामनस्य महात्मनः ।
सिद्धाश्रम इति ख्यातः सिद्धो ह्य् अत्र महातपाः ॥

eṣa pūrvāśramo rāma vāmanasya mahātmanaḥ
siddhāśrama iti khyātaḥ siddho hy atra mahātapāḥ

Translation

This was once the hermitage, Rama,
of Vamana, the great-souled;
Siddhashrama it is called,
for here the great ascetic won his goal.

लीला

राम, यह महात्मा वामन का पुराना आश्रम है। इसे सिद्धाश्रम कहते हैं, क्योंकि यहीं उस महातपस्वी को सिद्धि मिली थी।

Subtitle

This was great Vamana's hermitage.
It is called Siddhashrama,
for here the great ascetic
won his goal.

॥ 1.29.26–27 ॥

CrEd 1.28.15–16

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 1.29.29 ॥

CrEd 1.28.18

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

अद्यैव दीक्षां प्रविश भद्रं ते मुनिपुंगव ।
सिद्धाश्रमोऽयं सिद्धः स्यात् सत्यम् अस्तु वचस् तव ॥

adyaiva dīkṣāṃ praviśa bhadraṃ te munipuṃgava
siddhāśramo 'yaṃ siddhaḥ syāt satyam astu vacas tava

Translation

This very day enter your consecration,
bless you, bull among sages;
let this Siddhashrama be accomplished,
let your word come true.

लीला

मुनिश्रेष्ठ, आज ही दीक्षा लीजिए। यह सिद्धाश्रम सचमुच सिद्ध हो। आपका वचन सच हो।

Subtitle

Enter your consecration today,
best of sages.
Let Siddhashrama be true to its name.
Let your word come true.

॥ 1.29.30–31 ॥

CrEd 1.28.19–20

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 1.30.2 ॥

CrEd 1.29.2

लक्ष्मणLakshmana

वाल्मीकि

भगवञ् श्रोतुम् इच्छावो यस्मिन् काले निशाचरौ ।
संरक्षणीयौ तौ ब्रह्मन् नातिवर्तेत तत्क्षणम् ॥

bhagavañ śrotum icchāvo yasmin kāle niśācarau
saṃrakṣaṇīyau tau brahman nātivarteta tatkṣaṇam

Translation

Lord, we wish to hear at what hour
the two night-rangers
must be held off, brahmin,
that the moment may not slip past.

लीला

भगवन्, बताइए, उन दो निशाचरों को किस घड़ी रोकना है? वह घड़ी हाथ से न निकल जाए।

Subtitle

Lord, tell us: at what hour
must we hold off
the two night-walkers?
Let the moment not slip past.

॥ 1.30.3–4 ॥

CrEd 1.29.3–4

SiddhaSages

वाल्मीकि

अद्य प्रभृति षड्रात्रं रक्षतं राघवौ युवाम् ।
दीक्षां गतो ह्य् एष मुनिर् मौनित्वं च गमिष्यति ॥

adya prabhṛti ṣaḍrātraṃ rakṣataṃ rāghavau yuvām
dīkṣāṃ gato hy eṣa munir maunitvaṃ ca gamiṣyati

Translation

From this day, for six nights,
keep guard, you two Raghavas;
for the sage has entered his consecration,
and he will keep silence.

लीला

आज से छह रातें, तुम दोनों राघव पहरा दो। मुनि दीक्षा में हैं। अब वे मौन रहेंगे।

Subtitle

From today, for six nights,
keep guard, you two Raghavas.
The sage has taken his vow.
He will keep silence.

॥ 1.30.5–6 ॥

CrEd 1.29.5–6

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वाल्मीकि

तौ तु तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा राजपुत्रौ यशस्विनौ ।
अनिद्रौ षडहोरात्रं तपोवनम् अरक्षताम् ।
उपासां चक्रतुर् वीरौ यत्तौ परमधन्विनौ ।
ररक्षतुर् मुनिवरं विश्वामित्रम् अरिंदमौ ॥

tau tu tad vacanaṃ śrutvā rājaputrau yaśasvinau
anidrau ṣaḍahorātraṃ tapovanam arakṣatām
upāsāṃ cakratur vīrau yattau paramadhanvinau
rarakṣatur munivaraṃ viśvāmitram ariṃdamau

Translation

Hearing those words, the two princes,
glorious, sleepless,
six days and nights together
guarded the forest of penance.
The heroes kept their vigil,
watchful, supreme in the bow;
the tamers of foes guarded
Vishvamitra, best of sages.

Subtitle

Six days and nights,
without sleep,
the two princes guarded
the forest of penance.

॥ 1.30.7 ॥

CrEd 1.29.7

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

अथ काले गते तस्मिन् षष्ठेऽहनि समागते ।
सौमित्रम् अब्रवीद् रामो यत्तो भव समाहितः ॥

atha kāle gate tasmin ṣaṣṭhe 'hani samāgate
saumitram abravīd rāmo yatto bhava samāhitaḥ

Translation

Then, when that time had passed
and the sixth day was come,
Rama said to Saumitri:
“Be ready; hold your mind steady.”

लीला

लक्ष्मण, तैयार रहो। मन स्थिर रखो।

Subtitle

Be ready, Lakshmana.
Hold steady.

॥ 1.30.8–10 ॥

CrEd 1.29.8–9

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 1.30.11–12 ॥

CrEd 1.29.10–11

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वाल्मीकि

आवार्य गगनं मेघो यथा प्रावृषि निर्गतः ।
तथा मायां विकुर्वाणौ राक्षसाव् अभ्यधावताम् ।
मारीचश् च सुबाहुश् च तयोर् अनुचरास् तथा ।
आगम्य भीमसंकाशा रुधिरौघान् अवासृजन् ॥

āvārya gaganaṃ megho yathā prāvṛṣi nirgataḥ
tathā māyāṃ vikurvāṇau rākṣasāv abhyadhāvatām
mārīcaś ca subāhuś ca tayor anucarās tathā
āgamya bhīmasaṃkāśā rudhiraughān avāsṛjan

Translation

As a cloud, covering the sky,
comes forth in the season of rains,
so, working their illusion,
the two rakshasas rushed on:
Maricha and Subahu,
and their followers as well,
came, dreadful to behold,
and loosed down floods of blood.

Subtitle

Like a monsoon cloud over the sky,
Maricha and Subahu came on,
and poured down floods of blood.

॥ 1.30.13–15 ॥

CrEd 1.29.12–13

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

पश्य लक्ष्मण दुर्वृत्तान् राक्षसान् पिशिताशनान् ।
मानवास्त्रसमाधूतान् अनिलेन यथा घनान् ॥

paśya lakṣmaṇa durvṛttān rākṣasān piśitāśanān
mānavāstrasamādhūtān anilena yathā ghanān

Translation

Look, Lakshmana, at these rakshasas,
evil in conduct, eaters of flesh,
shaken apart by the Manava weapon
as clouds are by the wind.

लीला

देखो लक्ष्मण, ये दुष्ट, माँस खाने वाले राक्षस! मानव-अस्त्र इन्हें ऐसे उड़ा देगा, जैसे हवा बादलों को।

Subtitle

Look, Lakshmana:
flesh-eating rakshasas!
The Manava weapon will scatter them
as the wind scatters clouds.

॥ 1.30.17–18 ॥

CrEd 1.29.14–15

वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

मानवं परमोदारम् अस्त्रं परमभास्वरम् ।
चिक्षेप परमक्रुद्धो मारीचोरसि राघवः ।
स तेन परमास्त्रेण मानवेन समाहितः ।
संपूर्णं योजनशतं क्षिप्तः सागरसंप्लवे ॥

mānavaṃ paramodāram astraṃ paramabhāsvaram
cikṣepa paramakruddho mārīcorasi rāghavaḥ
sa tena paramāstreṇa mānavena samāhitaḥ
saṃpūrṇaṃ yojanaśataṃ kṣiptaḥ sāgarasaṃplave

Translation

The Manava, noblest weapon,
blazing beyond all others,
Raghava, in towering wrath,
hurled at Maricha’s chest.
Struck by that supreme weapon,
by the Manava,
a full hundred yojanas
he was flung, into the ocean’s flood.

Subtitle

The Manava weapon struck Maricha's chest
and flung him a hundred yojanas
into the sea.

॥ 1.30.19–20 ॥

CrEd 1.29.16–17

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

पश्य लक्ष्मण शीतेषुं मानवं धर्मसंहितम् ।
मोहयित्वा नयत्य् एनं न च प्राणैर् वियुज्यते ॥

paśya lakṣmaṇa śīteṣuṃ mānavaṃ dharmasaṃhitam
mohayitvā nayaty enaṃ na ca prāṇair viyujyate

Translation

Look, Lakshmana: the cold arrow,
the Manava, bound to dharma,
bears him away senseless,
yet he is not parted from his life.

लीला

देखो लक्ष्मण, यह शीतल बाण, धर्म से बँधा मानव-अस्त्र। उसे बेसुध करके ले गया, पर प्राण नहीं लिए।

Subtitle

Look, Lakshmana: the cold arrow,
the Manava, bound to dharma.
It carries him off senseless,
but it does not take his life.

॥ 1.30.22–23 ॥

CrEd 1.29.19–20

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वाल्मीकि

विगृह्य सुमहच् चास्त्रम् आग्नेयं रघुनन्दनः ।
सुबाहूरसि चिक्षेप स विद्धः प्रापतद् भुवि ।
शेषान् वायव्यम् आदाय निजघान महायशाः ।
राघवः परमोदारो मुनीनां मुदम् आवहन् ॥

vigṛhya sumahac cāstram āgneyaṃ raghunandanaḥ
subāhūrasi cikṣepa sa viddhaḥ prāpatad bhuvi
śeṣān vāyavyam ādāya nijaghāna mahāyaśāḥ
rāghavaḥ paramodāro munīnāṃ mudam āvahan

Translation

Seizing the mighty fire weapon,
the joy of the Raghus
hurled it at Subahu’s chest;
pierced, he fell to the earth.
The rest, with the wind weapon,
he slew, the greatly famed,
Raghava, noblest of heart,
bringing joy to the sages.

Subtitle

The fire weapon struck Subahu;
he fell to the earth.
The wind weapon
killed the rest.

॥ 1.30.24 ॥

CrEd 1.29.21

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 1.30.25 ॥

CrEd 1.29.22

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 1.30.26 ॥

CrEd 1.29.23

विश्वामित्रVishvamitra

वाल्मीकि

कृतार्थोऽस्मि महाबाहो कृतं गुरुवचस् त्वया ।
सिद्धाश्रमम् इदं सत्यं कृतं राम महायशः ॥

kṛtārtho 'smi mahābāho kṛtaṃ guruvacas tvayā
siddhāśramam idaṃ satyaṃ kṛtaṃ rāma mahāyaśaḥ

Translation

My purpose is won, mighty-armed;
you have done your elder’s word.
This Siddhashrama you have made true,
Rama of great fame.

लीला

महाबाहो, मेरा काम पूरा हुआ। तुमने बड़ों का वचन निभाया। राम, तुमने सिद्धाश्रम का नाम सच कर दिया।

Subtitle

My purpose is won, mighty-armed.
You have kept your elders' word.
Rama, you have made Siddhashrama
true to its name.

॥ 1.30.26 ॥

CrEd 1.29.23

silent moment मौन क्षण