The careless king
॥ 3.31.1, 8–9 ॥
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.31.2 ॥
Akampana
वाल्मीकि
जनस्थानस्थिता राजन् राक्षसा बहवो हताः खरश् च निहतः संख्ये कथंचिद् अहम् आगतः ॥
janasthānasthitā rājan rākṣasā bahavo hatāḥ kharaś ca nihataḥ saṃkhye kathaṃcid aham āgataḥ
Translation
Stationed at Janasthana, O king,
many rakshasas are slain;
and Khara is struck down in battle:
somehow I have come.
लीला
राजन्, जनस्थान में तैनात बहुत-से राक्षस मारे गए। खर भी रण में मारा गया। मैं किसी तरह बचकर आया हूँ।
Subtitle
King, the rakshasas posted at Janasthana
are slain, so many.
Khara is killed in battle.
Somehow, I have come.
॥ 3.31.27–31 ॥
Akampana
वाल्मीकि
न हि रामो दशग्रीव शक्यो जेतुं रणे त्वया … अयम् अस्य वधोपायस् तद् एकमनाः शृणु भार्या तस्योत्तमा लोके सीता नाम सुमध्यमा … तस्यापहर भार्यां त्वं तं प्रमथ्य महावने सीतया रहितो रामो न चैव हि भविष्यति ॥
na hi rāmo daśagrīva śakyo jetuṃ raṇe tvayā … ayam asya vadhopāyas tad ekamanāḥ śṛṇu bhāryā tasyottamā loke sītā nāma sumadhyamā … tasyāpahara bhāryāṃ tvaṃ taṃ pramathya mahāvane sītayā rahito rāmo na caiva hi bhaviṣyati
Translation
Ten-necked one, Rama cannot
be conquered by you in battle.
This is the way to his death:
hear it with a single mind.
His wife, the finest in the world,
is Sita, slender-waisted.
Carry off his wife, when you
have outwitted him in the great forest;
parted from Sita, Rama
will surely live no more.
लीला
रण में राम को आप नहीं जीत सकते। उसे मारने का एक ही उपाय है। उसकी पत्नी सीता, संसार में सबसे सुंदर। उसे हर लाइए, फिर राम जी नहीं पाएगा।
Subtitle
You cannot beat Rama in battle.
The one way to kill him:
his wife Sita, finest in the world.
Steal her: he will not survive.
॥ 3.31.32–50 ॥
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
प्रसीद लङ्केश्वर राक्षसेन्द्र लङ्कां प्रसन्नो भव साधु गच्छ ।
त्वं स्वेषु दारेषु रमस्व नित्यं रामः सभार्यो रमतां वनेषु ॥
prasīda laṅkeśvara rākṣasendra laṅkāṃ prasanno bhava sādhu gaccha
tvaṃ sveṣu dāreṣu ramasva nityaṃ rāmaḥ sabhāryo ramatāṃ vaneṣu
Translation
Be gracious, lord of Lanka, king of rakshasas;
be at peace, and go well, back to Lanka.
Delight forever in your own wives;
let Rama with his wife delight in the woods.
Subtitle
Maricha said: go home, lord of Lanka,
and delight in your own wives;
let Rama delight in his, in the forest.
॥ 3.32.3–22 ॥
CrEd 3.30.3–21
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.32.25; 3.33.1 ॥
CrEd 3.30.22; 3.31.1
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
तम् अब्रवीद् दीप्तविशाललोचनं प्रदर्शयित्वा भयमोहमूर्छिता ।
सुदारुणं वाक्यम् अभीतचारिणी महात्मना शूर्पणखा विरूपिता ।
ततः शूर्पणखा दीना रावणं लोकरावणम् ।
अमात्यमध्ये संक्रुद्धा परुषं वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् ॥
tam abravīd dīptaviśālalocanaṃ pradarśayitvā bhayamohamūrchitā
sudāruṇaṃ vākyam abhītacāriṇī mahātmanā śūrpaṇakhā virūpitā
tataḥ śūrpaṇakhā dīnā rāvaṇaṃ lokarāvaṇam
amātyamadhye saṃkruddhā paruṣaṃ vākyam abravīt
Translation
To him of the blazing, wide eyes she spoke,
showing herself, dazed with fear and confusion,
words most terrible, she who moved without fear,
Shurpanakha, disfigured by the great-souled one.
Then Shurpanakha, wretched,
to Ravana, who makes the worlds cry out,
amid the ministers, in fury,
spoke words harsh and cruel.
Subtitle
Disfigured by the great-souled one,
dazed with fear, she showed herself to him,
and spoke words most terrible.
॥ 3.33.2 ॥
CrEd 3.31.2
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
प्रमत्तः कामभोगेषु स्वैरवृत्तो निरङ्कुशः समुत्पन्नं भयं घोरं बोद्धव्यं नावबुध्यसे ॥
pramattaḥ kāmabhogeṣu svairavṛtto niraṅkuśaḥ samutpannaṃ bhayaṃ ghoraṃ boddhavyaṃ nāvabudhyase
Translation
Drunk on desire and pleasure,
self-willed, with no goad to check you,
the terrible danger that has risen,
which you should see, you do not see.
लीला
भोगों में डूबे, मनमानी करते, बिना अंकुश के, जो भयानक ख़तरा उठ खड़ा हुआ है, वह तुम्हें दिखता ही नहीं।
Subtitle
Lost in pleasures, self-willed,
with no goad to check you,
you do not see the terrible danger
that has risen.
॥ 3.33.3 ॥
CrEd 3.31.3
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
सक्तं ग्राम्येषु भोगेषु कामवृत्तं महीपतिम् लुब्धं न बहु मन्यन्ते श्मशानाग्निम् इव प्रजाः ॥
saktaṃ grāmyeṣu bhogeṣu kāmavṛttaṃ mahīpatim lubdhaṃ na bahu manyante śmaśānāgnim iva prajāḥ
Translation
A king who clings to common pleasures,
whose way is desire,
a greedy king the people do not honour,
no more than a cremation fire.
लीला
ओछे भोगों में फँसा, मनमौजी, लालची राजा। प्रजा उसका आदर नहीं करती, जैसे कोई श्मशान की आग का आदर नहीं करता।
Subtitle
A king stuck in common pleasures,
ruled by desire, greedy:
his people honour him no more
than a cremation-ground fire.
॥ 3.33.1 ॥
CrEd 3.31.1
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.33.10 ॥
CrEd 3.31.9
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
यस्मात् पश्यन्ति दूरस्थान् सर्वान् अर्थान् नराधिपाः चारेण तस्माद् उच्यन्ते राजानो दीर्घचक्षुषः ॥
yasmāt paśyanti dūrasthān sarvān arthān narādhipāḥ cāreṇa tasmād ucyante rājāno dīrghacakṣuṣaḥ
Translation
Since lords of men see things far off,
all matters, every one,
through spies, for this they are called,
these kings, the long-eyed.
लीला
राजा अपने गुप्तचरों की आँखों से, दूर की हर बात देख लेता है। इसीलिए राजा को कहते हैं, लंबी आँखों वाला।
Subtitle
Through his spies a king sees
all things far off.
That is why a king is called
long-eyed.
॥ 3.33.11 ॥
CrEd 3.31.10
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
अयुक्तचारं मन्ये त्वां प्राकृतैः सचिवैर् वृतम् स्वजनं च जनस्थानं हतं यो नावबुध्यसे ॥
ayuktacāraṃ manye tvāṃ prākṛtaiḥ sacivair vṛtam svajanaṃ ca janasthānaṃ hataṃ yo nāvabudhyase
Translation
I think you set no spies to work,
ringed by common ministers,
you who know not that your own,
Janasthana, lie slain.
लीला
मुझे लगता है, तुम्हारे गुप्तचर ही नहीं हैं। बस मामूली मंत्री तुम्हें घेरे रहते हैं। तुम्हारे अपने लोग, पूरा जनस्थान, मारा गया, और तुम्हें पता तक नहीं।
Subtitle
You keep no spies, I think;
common ministers surround you.
Your own people, Janasthana, are slain,
and you do not know it.
॥ 3.33.12–13 ॥
CrEd 3.31.11–12
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
चतुर्दश सहस्राणि रक्षसां भीमकर्मणाम् हतान्य् एकेन रामेण खरश् च सहदूषणः ऋषीणाम् अभयं दत्तं कृतक्षेमाश् च दण्डकाः धर्षितं च जनस्थानं रामेणाक्लिष्टकर्मणा ॥
caturdaśa sahasrāṇi rakṣasāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām hatāny ekena rāmeṇa kharaś ca sahadūṣaṇaḥ ṛṣīṇām abhayaṃ dattaṃ kṛtakṣemāś ca daṇḍakāḥ dharṣitaṃ ca janasthānaṃ rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā
Translation
Fourteen thousand
rakshasas of terrible deeds
are slain by Rama alone,
and Khara, and Dushana with him.
To the sages safety is given,
the Dandaka woods made secure,
and Janasthana trampled down
by Rama of unwearied deeds.
लीला
भयानक काम करने वाले चौदह हज़ार राक्षस, अकेले राम ने मार डाले। खर भी, दूषण भी। ऋषियों को अभय मिल गया, दण्डक वन सुरक्षित हो गया, और जनस्थान रौंद डाला गया।
Subtitle
Fourteen thousand rakshasas,
killed by Rama alone,
Khara and Dushana too.
The sages safe, the Dandaka safe, Janasthana trampled.
॥ 3.33.17–19 ॥
CrEd 3.31.16–18
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
नानुतिष्ठति कार्याणि भयेषु न बिभेति च क्षिप्रं राज्याच् च्युतो दीनस् तृणैस् तुल्यो भविष्यति … उपभुक्तं यथा वासः स्रजो वा मृदिता यथा एवं राज्यात् परिभ्रष्टः समर्थोऽपि निरर्थकः ॥
nānutiṣṭhati kāryāṇi bhayeṣu na bibheti ca kṣipraṃ rājyāc cyuto dīnas tṛṇais tulyo bhaviṣyati … upabhuktaṃ yathā vāsaḥ srajo vā mṛditā yathā evaṃ rājyāt paribhraṣṭaḥ samartho 'pi nirarthakaḥ
Translation
He does not see to his tasks,
nor fears when dangers come:
soon fallen from his kingdom, wretched,
he will be worth no more than straw.
Like a garment worn and cast off,
like a garland crushed,
so is a king fallen from his kingdom,
however able, useless.
लीला
ऐसा राजा जल्द ही गद्दी से गिरता है, और तिनके के बराबर रह जाता है। उतरा हुआ कपड़ा, मसली हुई माला, वैसा ही है गिरा हुआ राजा। किसी काम का नहीं।
Subtitle
Such a king soon falls from his throne,
worth no more than straw.
A worn garment, a crushed garland:
so is a fallen king.
॥ 3.33.21 ॥
CrEd 3.31.20
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
नयनाभ्यां प्रसुप्तोऽपि जागर्ति नयचक्षुषा व्यक्तक्रोधप्रसादश् च स राजा पूज्यते जनैः ॥
nayanābhyāṃ prasupto 'pi jāgarti nayacakṣuṣā vyaktakrodhaprasādaś ca sa rājā pūjyate janaiḥ
Translation
Though his eyes are sleeping,
he wakes with the eye of policy;
plain are his wrath and his grace:
that king the people honour.
लीला
आँखें सो जाएँ, तब भी जो नीति की आँख से जागता रहे। जिसका क्रोध भी साफ़ दिखे, और कृपा भी। लोग उसी राजा को पूजते हैं।
Subtitle
His eyes may sleep,
yet he wakes with the eye of statecraft;
his anger and his favour plain:
that king the people honour.
॥ 3.33.22–23 ॥
CrEd 3.31.21–22
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
त्वं तु रावण दुर्बुद्धिर् गुणैर् एतैर् विवर्जितः यस्य तेऽविदितश् चारै रक्षसां सुमहान् वधः … अयुक्तबुद्धिर् गुणदोषनिश्चये विपन्नराज्यो न चिराद् विपत्स्यते ॥
tvaṃ tu rāvaṇa durbuddhir guṇair etair vivarjitaḥ yasya te 'viditaś cārai rakṣasāṃ sumahān vadhaḥ … ayuktabuddhir guṇadoṣaniścaye vipannarājyo na cirād vipatsyate
Translation
But you, Ravana, ill-minded,
are bare of all these virtues,
you whose spies never told you
of this great slaughter of the rakshasas.
Unfit of mind to weigh virtue and fault,
your kingdom ruined, you will soon be ruined.
लीला
पर तुम, दुर्बुद्धि रावण, इन सब गुणों से ख़ाली हो। राक्षसों का इतना बड़ा संहार हुआ, और तुम्हारे गुप्तचरों ने बताया तक नहीं। राज्य गँवाकर, तुम भी जल्द ही मिट जाओगे।
Subtitle
But you, foolish Ravana, lack them all.
Your spies never told you of this slaughter.
Your kingdom lost,
you will soon be lost yourself.
॥ 3.33.24 ॥
CrEd 3.31.23
silent moment मौन क्षण
Lift your right foot
॥ 3.32.18–19; 3.34.1 ॥
CrEd 3.30.18; 3.32.1
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
देवदानवगन्धर्वपिशाचपतगोरगैः ।
अभयं यस्य संग्रामे मृत्युतो मानुषाद् ऋते ।
ततः शूर्पणखां क्रुद्धां ब्रुवतीं परुषं वचः ।
अमात्यमध्ये संक्रुद्धः परिपप्रच्छ रावणः ॥
devadānavagandharvapiśācapatagoragaiḥ
abhayaṃ yasya saṃgrāme mṛtyuto mānuṣād ṛte
tataḥ śūrpaṇakhāṃ kruddhāṃ bruvatīṃ paruṣaṃ vacaḥ
amātyamadhye saṃkruddhaḥ paripapraccha rāvaṇaḥ
Translation
From gods and danavas, gandharvas,
pishachas, birds and serpents,
he was safe from death in battle,
from all save man.
Then Shurpanakha, in her anger,
speaking words so harsh,
amid the ministers, enraged,
Ravana questioned.
Subtitle
From gods and danavas, gandharvas,
pishachas, birds and serpents,
he was safe from death in battle:
from all but man.
॥ 3.34.2–3 ॥
CrEd 3.32.2–3
रावणRavana
वाल्मीकि
कश् च रामः कथं वीर्यः किं रूपः किं पराक्रमः किमर्थं दण्डकारण्यं प्रविष्टश् च सुदुश्चरम् आयुधं किं च रामस्य निहता येन राक्षसाः खरश् च निहतः संख्ये दूषणस् त्रिशिरास् तथा ॥
kaś ca rāmaḥ kathaṃ vīryaḥ kiṃ rūpaḥ kiṃ parākramaḥ kimarthaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ praviṣṭaś ca suduścaram āyudhaṃ kiṃ ca rāmasya nihatā yena rākṣasāḥ kharaś ca nihataḥ saṃkhye dūṣaṇas triśirās tathā
Translation
Who is Rama? What is his strength,
what his form, what his valour?
For what has he entered the Dandaka,
the forest so hard to cross?
And what is Rama’s weapon,
by which the rakshasas were slain,
Khara struck down in battle,
Dushana, and Trishiras too?
लीला
कौन है यह राम? कैसा है उसका बल, उसका रूप, उसका पराक्रम? दण्डक वन में क्यों घुसा? किस शस्त्र से उसने खर, दूषण और त्रिशिरा को मारा?
Subtitle
Who is this Rama?
His strength, his look, his valour?
Why has he entered the Dandaka?
What weapon killed Khara, Dushana, Trishiras?
॥ 3.34.5cd–7ab ॥
CrEd 3.32.5–6
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
दीर्घबाहुर् विशालाक्षश् चीरकृष्णाजिनाम्बरः कन्दर्पसमरूपश् च रामो दशरथात्मजः शक्रचापनिभं चापं विकृष्य कनकाङ्गदम् दीप्तान् क्षिपति नाराचान् सर्पान् इव महाविषान् ॥
dīrghabāhur viśālākṣaś cīrakṛṣṇājināmbaraḥ kandarpasamarūpaś ca rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ śakracāpanibhaṃ cāpaṃ vikṛṣya kanakāṅgadam dīptān kṣipati nārācān sarpān iva mahāviṣān
Translation
Long-armed, wide-eyed,
clad in bark and the black deerskin,
in form like Kama himself,
is Rama, Dasharatha’s son.
Drawing a bow like Indra’s bow,
banded with gold,
he looses blazing shafts
like serpents of deadly venom.
लीला
लंबी भुजाएँ, बड़ी-बड़ी आँखें, वल्कल और काला मृगचर्म पहने, कामदेव जैसा रूप। दशरथ का बेटा राम। इन्द्रधनुष जैसा धनुष खींचकर, वह ज़हरीले साँपों जैसे जलते बाण छोड़ता है।
Subtitle
Long-armed, wide-eyed, in bark and deerskin,
handsome as Kama:
Rama, Dasharatha's son.
His arrows blaze like deadly snakes.
॥ 3.34.7cd–9ab ॥
CrEd 3.32.7–8
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
नाददानं शरान् घोरान् न मुञ्चन्तं महाबलम् न कार्मुकं विकर्षन्तं रामं पश्यामि संयुगे हन्यमानं तु तत् सैन्यं पश्यामि शरवृष्टिभिः इन्द्रेणैवोत्तमं सस्यम् आहतं त्व् अश्मवृष्टिभिः ॥
nādadānaṃ śarān ghorān na muñcantaṃ mahābalam na kārmukaṃ vikarṣantaṃ rāmaṃ paśyāmi saṃyuge hanyamānaṃ tu tat sainyaṃ paśyāmi śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ indreṇaivottamaṃ sasyam āhataṃ tv aśmavṛṣṭibhiḥ
Translation
Not taking up the terrible arrows,
not loosing them, the mighty one,
not drawing the bow:
so I see Rama in battle.
But I see that army struck down
by showers of arrows,
as the finest crop is struck by Indra
with showers of hail.
लीला
मैंने उसे न बाण उठाते देखा, न छोड़ते, न धनुष खींचते। बस सेना को गिरते देखा, जैसे इन्द्र के ओलों से पकी फ़सल गिरती है।
Subtitle
I never saw him take an arrow,
loose it, or draw the bow.
I saw only the army fall,
like a crop under Indra's hail.
॥ 3.34.12 ॥
CrEd 3.32.11
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
एका कथं चिन् मुक्ताहं परिभूय महात्मना स्त्रीवधं शङ्कमानेन रामेण विदितात्मना ॥
ekā kathaṃ cin muktāhaṃ paribhūya mahātmanā strīvadhaṃ śaṅkamānena rāmeṇa viditātmanā
Translation
I alone, somehow, went free,
scorned by the great-souled one,
by Rama, who shrank from slaying a woman,
Rama, who knows himself.
लीला
बस मैं अकेली, किसी तरह छूट पाई। महात्मा राम ने अपमान करके मुझे छोड़ दिया। वह अपने आप को जानता है। स्त्री को मारने से झिझक गया।
Subtitle
I alone got away, somehow,
scorned by the great-souled Rama.
Knowing himself,
he shrank from killing a woman.
॥ 3.34.12 ॥
CrEd 3.32.11
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.34.13–14 ॥
CrEd 3.32.12–13
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
भ्राता चास्य महातेजा गुणतस् तुल्यविक्रमः अनुरक्तश् च भक्तश् च लक्ष्मणो नाम वीर्यवान् अमर्षी दुर्जयो जेता विक्रान्तो बुद्धिमान् बली रामस्य दक्षिणे बाहुर् नित्यं प्राणो बहिश्चरः ॥
bhrātā cāsya mahātejā guṇatas tulyavikramaḥ anuraktaś ca bhaktaś ca lakṣmaṇo nāma vīryavān amarṣī durjayo jetā vikrānto buddhimān balī rāmasya dakṣiṇe bāhur nityaṃ prāṇo bahiścaraḥ
Translation
His brother, of great splendour,
his equal in virtue and valour,
loving and devoted,
is Lakshmana, the mighty;
fierce, unconquerable, a victor,
bold, wise and strong,
Rama’s right arm,
his life forever walking outside him.
लीला
उसका भाई है लक्ष्मण। पराक्रम में उसी के बराबर। स्नेही, भक्त, क्रोधी, अजेय। राम का दाहिना हाथ है वह। राम के प्राण, जो देह से बाहर चलते हैं।
Subtitle
His brother Lakshmana, his equal in valour,
loving, loyal, fierce, hard to beat:
Rama's right arm,
his life walking outside him.
॥ 3.34.15–18 ॥
CrEd 3.32.14–15
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
रामस्य तु विशालाक्षी धर्मपत्नी यशस्विनी सीता नाम वरारोहा वैदेही तनुमध्यमा नैव देवी न गन्धर्वा न यक्षी न च किंनरी तथारूपा मया नारी दृष्टपूर्वा महीतले ॥
rāmasya tu viśālākṣī dharmapatnī yaśasvinī sītā nāma varārohā vaidehī tanumadhyamā naiva devī na gandharvā na yakṣī na ca kiṃnarī tathārūpā mayā nārī dṛṣṭapūrvā mahītale
Translation
And Rama’s wife, wide-eyed,
his lawful wife, the glorious,
Sita by name, fine-hipped,
Vaidehi, slender-waisted.
No goddess, no gandharvi,
no yakshi, no kinnari,
no woman of such beauty
have I seen before on earth.
लीला
और राम की धर्मपत्नी, बड़ी-बड़ी आँखों वाली, यशस्विनी। नाम है सीता, वैदेही, पतली कमर वाली। न कोई देवी, न गन्धर्वी, न यक्षी, न किन्नरी। ऐसी सुंदर स्त्री मैंने धरती पर कभी नहीं देखी।
Subtitle
And Rama's wife, wide-eyed, glorious:
Sita, Vaidehi, slender-waisted.
Goddess, gandharvi, yakshi, kinnari:
I have seen none so lovely on earth.
॥ 3.34.19 ॥
CrEd 3.32.16
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
यस्य सीता भवेद् भार्या यं च हृष्टा परिष्वजेत् अतिजीवेत् स सर्वेषु लोकेष्व् अपि पुरंदरात् ॥
yasya sītā bhaved bhāryā yaṃ ca hṛṣṭā pariṣvajet atijīvet sa sarveṣu lokeṣv api puraṃdarāt
Translation
He whose wife Sita would be,
whom she would gladly embrace,
would live, in all the worlds,
beyond even Indra.
लीला
जिसकी पत्नी सीता हो, जिसे वह ख़ुशी से गले लगाए, वह सारे लोकों में, इन्द्र से भी बढ़कर जिएगा।
Subtitle
The man whose wife Sita is,
whom she embraces gladly,
would live above all the worlds,
above Indra himself.
॥ 3.34.20–21 ॥
CrEd 3.32.17–18
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
सा सुशीला वपुःश्लाघ्या रूपेणाप्रतिमा भुवि तवानुरूपा भार्या सा त्वं च तस्यास् तथा पतिः तां तु विस्तीर्णजघनां पीनोत्तुङ्गपयोधराम् भार्यार्थे तु तवानेतुम् उद्यताहं वराननाम् ॥
sā suśīlā vapuḥślāghyā rūpeṇāpratimā bhuvi tavānurūpā bhāryā sā tvaṃ ca tasyās tathā patiḥ tāṃ tu vistīrṇajaghanāṃ pīnottuṅgapayodharām bhāryārthe tu tavānetum udyatāhaṃ varānanām
Translation
Gentle, of praiseworthy form,
peerless in beauty on earth,
she is a wife to match you,
and you a husband for her.
Her of the wide hips,
her of the full, high breasts,
to bring her here as your wife
I set out, her of the lovely face.
लीला
धरती पर उसका कोई जोड़ नहीं। वह तुम्हारे लायक़ पत्नी है, और तुम उसके लायक़ पति। मैं तो उसे तुम्हारी पत्नी बनाने के लिए ही लाने चली थी।
Subtitle
Peerless on earth, she is the wife for you,
you the husband for her.
And I set out to bring her here
as your wife.
॥ 3.34.21 ॥
CrEd 3.32.18
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 3.34.22cd–23 ॥
CrEd 3.32.19–20
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
तां तु दृष्ट्वाद्य वैदेहीं पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननाम् मन्मथस्य शराणां च त्वं विधेयो भविष्यसि यदि तस्याम् अभिप्रायो भार्यार्थे तव जायते शीघ्रम् उद्ध्रियतां पादो जयार्थम् इह दक्षिणः ॥
tāṃ tu dṛṣṭvādya vaidehīṃ pūrṇacandranibhānanām manmathasya śarāṇāṃ ca tvaṃ vidheyo bhaviṣyasi yadi tasyām abhiprāyo bhāryārthe tava jāyate śīghram uddhriyatāṃ pādo jayārtham iha dakṣiṇaḥ
Translation
Once you see Vaidehi today,
her face like the full moon,
you will be subject
to the arrows of the god of love.
If your heart turns to her,
to make her your wife,
quickly let the right foot be lifted
here, for victory.
लीला
वैदेही का पूरे चाँद-सा चेहरा देख लोगे, तो कामदेव के बाणों के दास बन जाओगे। अगर उसे पत्नी बनाना चाहते हो, तो जीत के लिए, अभी, अपना दायाँ पाँव उठाओ।
Subtitle
See Vaidehi's full-moon face,
and you will be Kama's slave.
Want her for your wife?
Then lift your right foot, now, for victory.
॥ 3.34.23 ॥
CrEd 3.32.21–22
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
कुरु प्रियं तथा तेषां रक्षसां राक्षसेश्वर वधात् तस्य नृशंसस्य रामस्याश्रमवासिनः तं शरैर् निशितैर् हत्वा लक्ष्मणं च महारथम् हतनाथां सुखं सीतां यथावद् उपभोक्ष्यसे ॥
kuru priyaṃ tathā teṣāṃ rakṣasāṃ rākṣaseśvara vadhāt tasya nṛśaṃsasya rāmasyāśramavāsinaḥ taṃ śarair niśitair hatvā lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahāratham hatanāthāṃ sukhaṃ sītāṃ yathāvad upabhokṣyase
Translation
Do this kindness for those rakshasas,
lord of rakshasas,
by slaying that cruel one,
Rama, who dwells in the hermitage.
Slay him with sharpened arrows,
and Lakshmana, the great warrior,
and Sita, her protector slain,
you will enjoy at your ease.
लीला
राक्षसराज, उन राक्षसों के लिए यह करो। उस क्रूर राम को, और लक्ष्मण को, तीखे बाणों से मार डालो। फिर सीता तुम्हारी है, जिसका कोई रक्षक न बचेगा।
Subtitle
Do this for those rakshasas, lord of rakshasas:
kill cruel Rama, and Lakshmana,
with sharp arrows.
Then Sita, her protector slain, is yours.
॥ 3.34.24, 26 ॥
CrEd 3.32.23–24
शूर्पणखाShurpanakha
वाल्मीकि
रोचते यदि ते वाक्यं ममैतद् राक्षसेश्वर क्रियतां निर्विशङ्केन वचनं मम … निशम्य रामेण शरैर् अजिह्मगैर् हताञ् जनस्थानगतान् निशाचरान् खरं च बुद्ध्वा निहतं च दूषणं त्वम् अद्य कृत्यं प्रतिपत्तुम् अर्हसि ॥
rocate yadi te vākyaṃ mamaitad rākṣaseśvara kriyatāṃ nirviśaṅkena vacanaṃ mama … niśamya rāmeṇa śarair ajihmagair hatāñ janasthānagatān niśācarān kharaṃ ca buddhvā nihataṃ ca dūṣaṇaṃ tvam adya kṛtyaṃ pratipattum arhasi
Translation
If these words of mine please you,
lord of rakshasas,
let my counsel be done
without a doubt.
Hearing that Rama’s straight-flying arrows
slew the night-walkers of Janasthana,
and knowing Khara slain, and Dushana,
today you must resolve what is to be done.
लीला
राक्षसराज, मेरी बात अच्छी लगे, तो बेझिझक करो। खर और दूषण मारे जा चुके हैं। आज ही तय करो, क्या करना है।
Subtitle
If my word pleases you, lord of rakshasas,
do it, without a doubt.
Khara and Dushana lie slain.
Today you must decide.
॥ 3.34.26 ॥
CrEd 3.32.24
silent moment मौन क्षण