Creepers cut down
॥ 6.110.7–9 ॥
CrEd 6.98.7–9
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 6.110.10 ॥
CrEd 6.98.10
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
का चिद् अङ्के शिरः कृत्वा रुरोद मुखम् ईक्षती ।
स्नापयन्ती मुखं बाष्पैस् तुषारैर् इव पङ्कजम् ॥
kā cid aṅke śiraḥ kṛtvā ruroda mukham īkṣatī
snāpayantī mukhaṃ bāṣpais tuṣārair iva paṅkajam
Translation
One laid his head upon her lap
and wept, gazing on his face,
bathing that face with her tears,
as frost bathes the lotus.
Subtitle
One took his head in her lap,
bathing his face in tears,
like frost upon a lotus.
॥ 6.110.12–13 ॥
CrEd 6.98.12–13
RavanaWives
वाल्मीकि
येन वित्रासितः शक्रो येन वित्रासितो यमः येन वैश्रवणो राजा पुष्पकेण वियोजितः … सोऽयं शेते रणे हतः ॥
yena vitrāsitaḥ śakro yena vitrāsito yamaḥ yena vaiśravaṇo rājā puṣpakeṇa viyojitaḥ … so 'yaṃ śete raṇe hataḥ
Translation
He who made Shakra tremble,
who made Yama tremble,
who parted King Vaishravana
from his Pushpaka car …
he lies here, slain in battle.
लीला
जिसने इन्द्र को थर्रा दिया, यम को थर्रा दिया, राजा कुबेर से पुष्पक छीन लिया, वही आज रणभूमि में मरा पड़ा है।
Subtitle
He who made Indra tremble, and Yama,
who took the Pushpaka from Kubera:
here he lies,
slain in battle.
॥ 6.110.14 ॥
CrEd 6.98.14
RavanaWives
वाल्मीकि
असुरेभ्यः सुरेभ्यो वा पन्नगेभ्योऽपि वा तथा न भयं यो विजानाति तस्येदं मानुषाद् भयम् ॥
asurebhyaḥ surebhyo vā pannagebhyo 'pi vā tathā na bhayaṃ yo vijānāti tasyedaṃ mānuṣād bhayam
Translation
From asuras or from gods,
or from serpents, even so,
he who knew no fear:
to him this fear has come, from a man.
लीला
जो असुरों से, देवताओं से, नागों से कभी नहीं डरा, उस पर यह भय आया, एक मनुष्य से।
Subtitle
He who knew no fear
of asuras, of gods, of serpents:
this fear came to him
from a man.
॥ 6.110.15–16 ॥
CrEd 6.98.15–16
RavanaWives
वाल्मीकि
अवध्यो देवतानां यस् तथा दानवरक्षसाम् हतः सोऽयं रणे शेते मानुषेण पदातिना ॥
avadhyo devatānāṃ yas tathā dānavarakṣasām hataḥ so 'yaṃ raṇe śete mānuṣeṇa padātinā
Translation
He whom the gods could not slay,
nor danavas, nor rakshasas,
lies here, slain in battle,
by a man who fought on foot.
लीला
जिसे न देवता मार सके, न दानव, न राक्षस, वह रण में पड़ा है, एक पैदल मनुष्य के हाथों मारा गया।
Subtitle
He whom no god, no danava, no rakshasa could kill
lies slain in battle
by a man on foot.
॥ 6.110.17 ॥
CrEd 6.98.17
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 6.110.18 ॥
CrEd 6.98.18
Wife
वाल्मीकि
अशृण्वता तु सुहृदां सततं हितवादिनाम् ॥
aśṛṇvatā tu suhṛdāṃ satataṃ hitavādinām
Translation
But you would not hear your friends,
who ever spoke for your good.
लीला
तुम्हारे भले की बात मित्र सदा कहते रहे। तुमने एक न सुनी।
Subtitle
Your friends always spoke
for your good.
You would not hear them.
॥ 6.110.19 ॥
CrEd 6.98.19
Wife
वाल्मीकि
ब्रुवाणोऽपि हितं वाक्यम् इष्टो भ्राता विभीषणः धृष्टं परुषितो मोहात् त्वयात्मवधकाङ्क्षिणा ॥
bruvāṇo 'pi hitaṃ vākyam iṣṭo bhrātā vibhīṣaṇaḥ dhṛṣṭaṃ paruṣito mohāt tvayātmavadhakāṅkṣiṇā
Translation
Though he spoke words for your good,
your dear brother Vibhishana
was boldly reviled, in your folly,
by you, who longed for your own death.
लीला
तुम्हारा प्यारा भाई विभीषण भी तुम्हारे भले की बात कहता था। और मोह में तुमने उसे दुत्कार दिया, जैसे अपनी ही मौत चाहते थे।
Subtitle
Even Vibhishana, your dear brother,
spoke for your good,
and in your folly you abused him,
as if you longed for death.
॥ 6.110.20 ॥
CrEd 6.98.20
Wife
वाल्मीकि
यदि निर्यातिता ते स्यात् सीता रामाय मैथिली न नः स्याद् व्यसनं घोरम् इदं मूलहरं महत् ॥
yadi niryātitā te syāt sītā rāmāya maithilī na naḥ syād vyasanaṃ ghoram idaṃ mūlaharaṃ mahat
Translation
Had you given Sita back,
Maithili, to Rama,
this terrible ruin would not be ours,
great, and tearing out the root.
लीला
अगर तुमने मैथिली सीता राम को लौटा दी होती, तो यह भयानक विपदा न आती, जिसने हमारी जड़ ही उखाड़ दी।
Subtitle
Had you given Sita back to Rama,
this terrible ruin
would never have come,
tearing out our root.
॥ 6.110.21 ॥
CrEd 6.98.21
Wife
वाल्मीकि
वृत्तकामो भवेद् भ्राता रामो मित्रकुलं भवेत् वयं चाविधवाः सर्वाः सकामा न च शत्रवः ॥
vṛttakāmo bhaved bhrātā rāmo mitrakulaṃ bhavet vayaṃ cāvidhavāḥ sarvāḥ sakāmā na ca śatravaḥ
Translation
Your brother would have had his wish,
Rama would be a friend to our house;
we would all be wives, not widows,
our wishes whole, and no foes.
लीला
भाई की बात रह जाती, राम हमारे मित्र होते, हम सब सुहागिन रहतीं, और कोई शत्रु न होता।
Subtitle
Your brother would have his wish,
Rama would be our friend,
we would all be wives, not widows,
and no enemies.
॥ 6.110.22 ॥
CrEd 6.98.22
Wife
वाल्मीकि
त्वया पुनर् नृशंसेन सीतां संरुन्धता बलात् राक्षसा वयम् आत्मा च त्रयं तुल्यं निपातितम् ॥
tvayā punar nṛśaṃsena sītāṃ saṃrundhatā balāt rākṣasā vayam ātmā ca trayaṃ tulyaṃ nipātitam
Translation
But you, cruel one,
holding Sita by force,
the rakshasas, we, and your own self:
all three alike you have felled.
लीला
पर तुम निर्दय थे, सीता को बलपूर्वक रोके रहे। राक्षस, हम, और तुम स्वयं, तीनों एक साथ गिरा दिए गए।
Subtitle
But you were cruel,
and held Sita by force:
the rakshasas, we, and you yourself,
all three felled alike.
॥ 6.110.23 ॥
CrEd 6.98.23
Wife
वाल्मीकि
न कामकारः कामं वा तव राक्षसपुंगव दैवं चेष्टयते सर्वं हतं दैवेन हन्यते ॥
na kāmakāraḥ kāmaṃ vā tava rākṣasapuṃgava daivaṃ ceṣṭayate sarvaṃ hataṃ daivena hanyate
Translation
Not your free will, nor your desire,
O bull among rakshasas:
fate sets all things moving;
whom fate has slain is slain.
लीला
राक्षसश्रेष्ठ, यह न तुम्हारी मर्ज़ी थी, न तुम्हारी कामना। सब कुछ दैव चलाता है। दैव का मारा ही मरता है।
Subtitle
It was not your will, bull among rakshasas,
nor your desire.
Fate moves all things:
whom fate strikes falls.
॥ 6.110.25 ॥
CrEd 6.98.25
RavanaWives
वाल्मीकि
नैवार्थेन न कामेन विक्रमेण न चाज्ञया शक्या दैवगतिर् लोके निवर्तयितुम् उद्यता ॥
naivārthena na kāmena vikrameṇa na cājñayā śakyā daivagatir loke nivartayitum udyatā
Translation
Not by wealth, nor by desire,
nor by valour, nor command,
can fate’s course in the world,
once risen, be turned back.
लीला
न धन से, न कामना से, न पराक्रम से, न आज्ञा से, संसार में दैव की चाल कोई नहीं मोड़ सकता।
Subtitle
Not by wealth, not by desire,
not by valour, not by command
can fate's course in the world
be turned.
॥ 6.110.26 ॥
CrEd 6.98.26
silent moment मौन क्षण
The eldest queen
॥ 6.111.1–2 ॥
CrEd 6.99.1–2
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
तासां विलपमानानां तथा राक्षसयोषिताम् ।
ज्येष्ठा पत्नी प्रिया दीना भर्तारं समुदैक्षत ।
दशग्रीवं हतं दृष्ट्वा रामेणाचिन्त्यकर्मणा ।
पतिं मन्दोदरी तत्र कृपणा पर्यदेवयत् ॥
tāsāṃ vilapamānānāṃ tathā rākṣasayoṣitām
jyeṣṭhā patnī priyā dīnā bhartāraṃ samudaikṣata
daśagrīvaṃ hataṃ dṛṣṭvā rāmeṇācintyakarmaṇā
patiṃ mandodarī tatra kṛpaṇā paryadevayat
Translation
While the rakshasa women
lamented so,
the eldest wife, beloved, stricken,
looked upon her husband.
Seeing the Ten-Necked slain
by Rama of deeds past thought,
Mandodari there, in her misery,
mourned for her lord.
Subtitle
The eldest queen, beloved,
looked upon her slain lord,
and Mandodari mourned him.
॥ 6.111.3 ॥
CrEd 6.99.3
Mandodari
वाल्मीकि
ननु नाम महाबाहो तव वैश्रवणानुज क्रुद्धस्य प्रमुखे स्थातुं त्रस्यत्य् अपि पुरंदरः ॥
nanu nāma mahābāho tava vaiśravaṇānuja kruddhasya pramukhe sthātuṃ trasyaty api puraṃdaraḥ
Translation
Surely, strong-armed one,
younger brother of Vaishravana,
before you, in your wrath,
even Purandara feared to stand.
लीला
महाबाहो, कुबेर के छोटे भाई, जब तुम क्रोध में होते थे, तो इन्द्र भी तुम्हारे सामने खड़े होने से डरता था।
Subtitle
Strong-armed one, Kubera's brother:
when you were angry,
even Indra feared
to stand before you.
॥ 6.111.4 ॥
CrEd 6.99.4
Mandodari
वाल्मीकि
ऋषयश् च महीदेवा गन्धर्वाश् च यशस्विनः ननु नाम तवोद्वेगाच् चारणाश् च दिशो गताः ॥
ṛṣayaś ca mahīdevā gandharvāś ca yaśasvinaḥ nanu nāma tavodvegāc cāraṇāś ca diśo gatāḥ
Translation
The sages, and the gods on earth,
the gandharvas of great fame,
surely, in dread of you,
and the charanas, fled to every quarter.
लीला
ऋषि, ब्राह्मण, यशस्वी गन्धर्व और चारण, सब तुम्हारे डर से दिशा दिशा में भाग गए थे।
Subtitle
Sages and brahmins,
the famed gandharvas, the charanas:
in dread of you
they fled to every quarter.
॥ 6.111.5 ॥
CrEd 6.99.5
Mandodari
वाल्मीकि
स त्वं मानुषमात्रेण रामेण युधि निर्जितः न व्यपत्रपसे राजन् किम् इदं राक्षसर्षभ ॥
sa tvaṃ mānuṣamātreṇa rāmeṇa yudhi nirjitaḥ na vyapatrapase rājan kim idaṃ rākṣasarṣabha
Translation
And you, by Rama, a mere man,
are conquered in battle.
Are you not ashamed, O king?
What is this, bull among rakshasas?
लीला
और वही तुम, एक साधारण मनुष्य राम से युद्ध में हार गए। राजन्, तुम्हें लाज नहीं आती? यह क्या हुआ, राक्षसश्रेष्ठ?
Subtitle
And you were beaten in battle
by Rama, a mere man.
Are you not ashamed, king?
What is this, bull among rakshasas?
॥ 6.111.6 ॥
CrEd 6.99.6
Mandodari
वाल्मीकि
कथं त्रैलोक्यम् आक्रम्य श्रिया वीर्येण चान्वितम् ।
अविषह्यं जघान त्वां मानुषो वनगोचरः ॥
kathaṃ trailokyam ākramya śriyā vīryeṇa cānvitam
aviṣahyaṃ jaghāna tvāṃ mānuṣo vanagocaraḥ
Translation
How, when you had overrun the three worlds,
endowed with splendour and with might,
not to be withstood, could you be slain
by a man, a wanderer of the woods?
लीला
तुमने तीनों लोक रौंद दिए थे, तुम्हारे तेज और बल को कोई सह न सकता था। फिर एक वनवासी मनुष्य ने तुम्हें कैसे मार दिया?
Subtitle
You overran the three worlds,
unbearable in glory and might.
How could a man,
a forest-wanderer, kill you?
॥ 6.111.8 ॥
CrEd 6.99.8
Mandodari
वाल्मीकि
न चैतत् कर्म रामस्य श्रद्दधामि चमूमुखे सर्वतः समुपेतस्य तव तेनाभिमर्शनम् ॥
na caitat karma rāmasya śraddadhāmi camūmukhe sarvataḥ samupetasya tava tenābhimarśanam
Translation
Nor do I believe this deed is Rama’s,
at the very head of your host:
that you, with your army all around,
were touched by his hand.
लीला
मैं नहीं मानती कि यह राम का काम है। तुम हर ओर से सेना से घिरे थे, फिर भी उसने तुम्हें छू लिया?
Subtitle
I do not believe
this is Rama's deed.
Your army all round you,
and still he reached you?
॥ 6.111.18 ॥
CrEd 6.99.9
Mandodari
वाल्मीकि
इन्द्रियाणि पुरा जित्वा जितं त्रिभुवणं त्वया स्मरद्भिर् इव तद् वैरम् इन्द्रियैर् एव निर्जितः ॥
indriyāṇi purā jitvā jitaṃ tribhuvaṇaṃ tvayā smaradbhir iva tad vairam indriyair eva nirjitaḥ
Translation
Once you conquered your senses,
and conquered the three worlds;
as though they remembered that enmity,
by those same senses you are conquered.
लीला
पहले तुमने इन्द्रियों को जीता था, तभी तीनों लोक जीते। आज जैसे वही पुराना बैर याद करके, उन्हीं इन्द्रियों ने तुम्हें जीत लिया।
Subtitle
Once you conquered your senses,
and so the three worlds.
Now, as if remembering that enmity,
your senses have conquered you.
॥ 6.111.12–13 ॥
CrEd 6.99.10
Mandodari
वाल्मीकि
अथ वा रामरूपेण वासवः स्वयम् आगतः मायां तव विनाशाय विधायाप्रतितर्किताम् ॥
atha vā rāmarūpeṇa vāsavaḥ svayam āgataḥ māyāṃ tava vināśāya vidhāyāpratitarkitām
Translation
Or else in the form of Rama
Vasava himself has come,
for your destruction weaving
an illusion past all guessing.
लीला
या फिर स्वयं इन्द्र राम का रूप धरकर आए, ऐसी माया रचकर जिसे कोई भाँप न सके, तुम्हारे विनाश के लिए।
Subtitle
Or Indra himself
came in Rama's form,
weaving an illusion past guessing,
for your ruin.
॥ 6.111.9 ॥
CrEd 6.99.11
Mandodari
वाल्मीकि
यदैव हि जनस्थाने राक्षसैर् बहुभिर् वृतः खरस् तव हतो भ्राता तदैवासौ न मानुषः ॥
yadaiva hi janasthāne rākṣasair bahubhir vṛtaḥ kharas tava hato bhrātā tadaivāsau na mānuṣaḥ
Translation
For the day that in Janasthana,
with many rakshasas about him,
Khara, your brother, was slain,
that day he was no man.
लीला
जिस दिन जनस्थान में तुम्हारा भाई खर, इतने राक्षसों के बीच मारा गया, उसी दिन जान लिया था, वह मनुष्य नहीं।
Subtitle
The day your brother Khara fell
in Janasthana, rakshasas all round him,
that day
he was no man.
॥ 6.111.10 ॥
CrEd 6.99.12
Mandodari
वाल्मीकि
यदैव नगरीं लङ्कां दुष्प्रवेषां सुरैर् अपि प्रविष्टो हनुमान् वीर्यात् तदैव व्यथिता वयम् ॥
yadaiva nagarīṃ laṅkāṃ duṣpraveṣāṃ surair api praviṣṭo hanumān vīryāt tadaiva vyathitā vayam
Translation
The day that into Lanka city,
hard for gods themselves to enter,
Hanuman forced his way by might,
that day we were shaken.
लीला
जिस दिन हनुमान अपने बल से लंका में घुस आए, जहाँ देवता भी न घुस पाएँ, उसी दिन हम काँप गए थे।
Subtitle
The day Hanuman forced his way
into Lanka, where even gods can hardly enter,
that day
we were shaken.
॥ 6.111.14–17 ॥
Mandodari
वाल्मीकि
व्यक्तम् एष महायोगी परमात्मा सनातनः … शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः … मानुषं रूपम् आस्थाय विष्णुः सत्यपराक्रमः … सराक्षसपरीवारं हतवांस् त्वां महाद्युतिः ॥
vyaktam eṣa mahāyogī paramātmā sanātanaḥ … śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ … mānuṣaṃ rūpam āsthāya viṣṇuḥ satyaparākramaḥ … sarākṣasaparīvāraṃ hatavāṃs tvāṃ mahādyutiḥ
Translation
Plainly this is the great yogi,
the Supreme Self, eternal …
bearer of conch, discus and mace …
taking a human form,
Vishnu, of valour true …
you, with all your rakshasa train,
he has slain, the radiant one.
लीला
साफ़ है, यह सनातन परमात्मा है। शंख, चक्र, गदा लिए विष्णु ने मनुष्य का रूप धरकर, राक्षसों समेत तुम्हें मारा है।
Subtitle
Plainly he is the eternal Self:
Vishnu, with conch, discus and mace,
in a man's form,
slew you and your rakshasas.
॥ 6.111.21 ॥
CrEd 6.99.13
Mandodari
वाल्मीकि
क्रियताम् अविरोधश् च राघवेणेति यन् मया उच्यमानो न गृह्णासि तस्येयं व्युष्टिर् आगता ॥
kriyatām avirodhaś ca rāghaveṇeti yan mayā ucyamāno na gṛhṇāsi tasyeyaṃ vyuṣṭir āgatā
Translation
“Let there be no enmity
with Raghava”: this I said,
and you, so told, would not take it;
now its fruit has come.
लीला
मैंने कहा था, राघव से वैर मत करो। तुमने नहीं माना। यह उसी का फल है।
Subtitle
"Make no enmity with Raghava,"
I told you.
You would not take it.
This is its fruit.
॥ 6.111.21 ॥
CrEd 6.99.13
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 6.111.22 ॥
CrEd 6.99.14
Mandodari
वाल्मीकि
अकस्माच् चाभिकामोऽसि सीतां राक्षसपुंगव ऐश्वर्यस्य विनाशाय देहस्य स्वजनस्य च ॥
akasmāc cābhikāmo 'si sītāṃ rākṣasapuṃgava aiśvaryasya vināśāya dehasya svajanasya ca
Translation
And all at once you came to desire
Sita, bull among rakshasas,
to the ruin of your sovereignty,
of your body, and your kin.
लीला
राक्षसश्रेष्ठ, अचानक तुम्हें सीता की कामना हुई, अपने ऐश्वर्य के, अपने शरीर के, अपने स्वजनों के विनाश के लिए।
Subtitle
Out of nowhere you desired Sita,
to the ruin of your power,
your body,
and your own people.
॥ 6.111.23 ॥
CrEd 6.99.15
Mandodari
वाल्मीकि
अरुन्धत्या विशिष्टां तां रोहिण्याश् चापि दुर्मते सीतां धर्षयता मान्यां त्वया ह्य् असदृशं कृतम् ॥
arundhatyā viśiṣṭāṃ tāṃ rohiṇyāś cāpi durmate sītāṃ dharṣayatā mānyāṃ tvayā hy asadṛśaṃ kṛtam
Translation
Her, who surpasses Arundhati,
and Rohini too, O fool,
Sita, worthy of honour, you assailed,
and did a deed unworthy of you.
लीला
सीता अरुन्धती से भी बढ़कर है, रोहिणी से भी, पूजनीय है। उसका अपमान करके, दुर्मति, तुमने अपने योग्य काम नहीं किया।
Subtitle
Sita is above Arundhati,
above Rohini.
In wronging her, fool,
you did a deed unworthy of you.
॥ 6.111.30 ॥
CrEd 6.99.16
Mandodari
वाल्मीकि
न कुलेन न रूपेण न दाक्षिण्येन मैथिली मयाधिका वा तुल्या वा त्वं तु मोहान् न बुध्यसे ॥
na kulena na rūpeṇa na dākṣiṇyena maithilī mayādhikā vā tulyā vā tvaṃ tu mohān na budhyase
Translation
Not in birth, nor in beauty,
nor in grace is Maithili
above me, nor my equal;
but you, in folly, do not see.
लीला
न कुल में, न रूप में, न शील में, मैथिली मुझसे बढ़कर है, न मेरे बराबर। पर तुम मोह में यह समझ ही न सके।
Subtitle
Not in birth, nor beauty, nor grace
is Maithili above me, or my equal.
But in your folly
you could not see it.
॥ 6.111.31 ॥
CrEd 6.99.17
Mandodari
वाल्मीकि
सर्वथा सर्वभूतानां नास्ति मृत्युर् अलक्षणः तव तावद् अयं मृत्युर् मैथिलीकृतलक्षणः ॥
sarvathā sarvabhūtānāṃ nāsti mṛtyur alakṣaṇaḥ tava tāvad ayaṃ mṛtyur maithilīkṛtalakṣaṇaḥ
Translation
For no creature anywhere
comes death without its sign;
and this, your death,
bears Maithili for its sign.
लीला
किसी भी प्राणी की मृत्यु बिना कारण नहीं आती। तुम्हारी मृत्यु का कारण बनी, मैथिली।
Subtitle
No creature's death
comes without its sign.
Your death bore its sign:
Maithili.
॥ 6.111.31 ॥
CrEd 6.99.17
silent moment मौन क्षण
The fire
॥ 6.111.32–33 ॥
CrEd 6.99.18
Mandodari
वाल्मीकि
मैथिली सह रामेण विशोका विहरिष्यति अल्पपुण्या त्व् अहं घोरे पतिता शोकसागरे ॥
maithilī saha rāmeṇa viśokā vihariṣyati alpapuṇyā tv ahaṃ ghore patitā śokasāgare
Translation
Maithili, with Rama,
will roam, her sorrow gone;
but I, of little merit,
have fallen in a dread sea of grief.
लीला
मैथिली राम के साथ बिना शोक के विचरेगी। और मैं अभागी, शोक के भयानक सागर में गिर पड़ी हूँ।
Subtitle
Maithili will roam with Rama,
free of grief.
And I, of little merit,
have fallen into an ocean of grief.
॥ 6.111.33–35 ॥
CrEd 6.99.19–20
Mandodari
वाल्मीकि
कैलासे मन्दरे मेरौ तथा चैत्ररथे वने देवोद्यानेषु सर्वेषु विहृत्य सहिता त्वया … भ्रंशिता कामभोगेभ्यः सास्मि वीरवधात् तव ॥
kailāse mandare merau tathā caitrarathe vane devodyāneṣu sarveṣu vihṛtya sahitā tvayā … bhraṃśitā kāmabhogebhyaḥ sāsmi vīravadhāt tava
Translation
On Kailasa, Mandara, Meru,
and in the Chaitraratha wood,
in all the gardens of the gods
I roamed, at your side …
cast down from every joy and pleasure
am I, by the slaying of my hero.
लीला
कैलास, मन्दर, मेरु, चैत्ररथ का वन, देवताओं के सारे उद्यान, तुम्हारे साथ विमान में घूमी थी। वीर, तुम्हारी मृत्यु से सारे सुख छिन गए।
Subtitle
Kailasa, Mandara, Meru,
every garden of the gods:
I roamed them with you in our vimana.
Your death has cast me from every joy.
॥ 6.111.72–74 ॥
CrEd 6.99.21
Mandodari
वाल्मीकि
सत्यवाक् स महाभागो देवरो मे यद् अब्रवीत् अयं राक्षसमुख्यानां विनाशः पर्युपस्थितः ॥
satyavāk sa mahābhāgo devaro me yad abravīt ayaṃ rākṣasamukhyānāṃ vināśaḥ paryupasthitaḥ
Translation
True of speech was that noble one,
my husband’s brother, when he said:
“This ruin of the rakshasa chiefs
stands now at hand.”
लीला
मेरे देवर ने सच कहा था, उस महाभाग ने, कि राक्षसों के मुखियों का विनाश सिर पर आ खड़ा है।
Subtitle
My husband's brother spoke true,
that noble one:
"The ruin of the rakshasa chiefs
is upon us."
॥ 6.111.75 ॥
CrEd 6.99.22
Mandodari
वाल्मीकि
कामक्रोधसमुत्थेन व्यसनेन प्रसङ्गिना त्वया कृतम् इदं सर्वम् अनाथं रक्षसां कुलम् ॥
kāmakrodhasamutthena vyasanena prasaṅginā tvayā kṛtam idaṃ sarvam anāthaṃ rakṣasāṃ kulam
Translation
By a vice born of desire and wrath,
a vice that would not let go,
you have made it all, the rakshasa race,
a race without a lord.
लीला
काम और क्रोध से उपजी उस लत में पड़कर, तुमने राक्षसों के पूरे कुल को अनाथ कर दिया।
Subtitle
Caught in a vice
born of desire and anger,
you have left the rakshasa clan
without a protector.
॥ 6.111.76 ॥
CrEd 6.99.23
Mandodari
वाल्मीकि
न हि त्वं शोचितव्यो मे प्रख्यातबलपौरुषः स्त्रीस्वभावात् तु मे बुद्धिः कारुण्ये परिवर्तते ॥
na hi tvaṃ śocitavyo me prakhyātabalapauruṣaḥ strīsvabhāvāt tu me buddhiḥ kāruṇye parivartate
Translation
You are not one for me to mourn,
renowned for strength and manhood;
yet from a woman’s nature
my mind turns round to pity.
लीला
तुम्हारे लिए मुझे शोक नहीं करना चाहिए, तुम्हारा बल और पौरुष जग में प्रसिद्ध है। पर स्त्री का मन है, करुणा में बह जाता है।
Subtitle
I should not grieve for you,
famed for strength and manhood.
But a woman's heart
turns my mind to pity.
॥ 6.111.77 ॥
CrEd 6.99.24
Mandodari
वाल्मीकि
सुकृतं दुष्कृतं च त्वं गृहीत्वा स्वां गतिं गतः आत्मानम् अनुशोचामि त्वद्वियोगेन दुःखिताम् ॥
sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ ca tvaṃ gṛhītvā svāṃ gatiṃ gataḥ ātmānam anuśocāmi tvadviyogena duḥkhitām
Translation
Your good deeds and your ill
you have taken, and gone your way;
it is myself I mourn,
stricken by your loss.
लीला
अपने पुण्य और पाप साथ लेकर तुम अपनी राह चले गए। रोती हूँ तो अपने लिए, तुम्हारे बिछोह में।
Subtitle
You took your good and your ill
and went your own way.
It is myself I grieve for,
broken by your loss.
॥ 6.111.81–82 ॥
CrEd 6.99.25
Mandodari
वाल्मीकि
नीलजीमूतसंकाशः पीताम्बरशुभाङ्गदः सर्वगात्राणि विक्षिप्य किं शेषे रुधिराप्लुतः प्रसुप्त इव शोकार्तां किं मां न प्रतिभाषसे ॥
nīlajīmūtasaṃkāśaḥ pītāmbaraśubhāṅgadaḥ sarvagātrāṇi vikṣipya kiṃ śeṣe rudhirāplutaḥ prasupta iva śokārtāṃ kiṃ māṃ na pratibhāṣase
Translation
Dark as a rain cloud,
in yellow silk, with shining armlets,
why do you lie, limbs flung wide,
bathed in blood?
As if asleep, why do you not
answer me, in my grief?
लीला
काले बादल जैसे साँवले, पीताम्बर पहने, खून में नहाए, अंग फैलाए क्यों पड़े हो? जैसे सो रहे हो। मुझ दुखिया को उत्तर क्यों नहीं देते?
Subtitle
Dark as a rain cloud, in yellow silk,
why lie bathed in blood, limbs flung wide?
As if asleep:
why do you not answer me?
॥ 6.111.82 ॥
CrEd 6.99.26
Mandodari
वाल्मीकि
महावीर्यस्य दक्षस्य संयुगेष्व् अपलायिनः यातुधानस्य दौहित्रीं किं त्वं मां नाभ्युदीक्षसे ॥
mahāvīryasya dakṣasya saṃyugeṣv apalāyinaḥ yātudhānasya dauhitrīṃ kiṃ tvaṃ māṃ nābhyudīkṣase
Translation
Of a yatudhana of great valour,
skilful, who never fled the fight,
I am the daughter’s daughter:
why do you not look up at me?
लीला
मैं उस महाबली, कुशल राक्षस की नातिन हूँ, जो कभी रण से नहीं भागा। फिर तुम मेरी ओर देखते क्यों नहीं?
Subtitle
I am the granddaughter
of a mighty yatudhana who never fled a fight.
Why do you not
look at me?
॥ 6.111.84–85 ॥
CrEd 6.99.27–28
Mandodari
वाल्मीकि
येन सूदयसे शत्रून् समरे सूर्यवर्चसा वज्रो वज्रधरस्येव सोऽयं ते सततार्चितः रणे शत्रुप्रहरणो हेमजालपरिष्कृतः परिघो व्यवकीर्णस् ते बाणैश् छिन्नः सहस्रधा ॥
yena sūdayase śatrūn samare sūryavarcasā vajro vajradharasyeva so 'yaṃ te satatārcitaḥ raṇe śatrupraharaṇo hemajālapariṣkṛtaḥ parigho vyavakīrṇas te bāṇaiś chinnaḥ sahasradhā
Translation
That with which you slew your foes
in battle, bright as the sun,
like the thunderbolt of the Thunderer,
honoured by you always,
the striker of foes in war,
adorned with a net of gold,
your club lies scattered,
cut by arrows into a thousand pieces.
लीला
सूरज जैसा चमकता, सोने से मढ़ा तुम्हारा परिघ, जिसे तुम वज्र की तरह सदा पूजते थे, आज बाणों से कटकर हज़ार टुकड़ों में बिखरा पड़ा है।
Subtitle
Your club, bright as the sun,
which you honoured like Indra's thunderbolt,
lies scattered, cut by arrows
into a thousand pieces.
॥ 6.111.87 ॥
CrEd 6.99.29
Mandodari
वाल्मीकि
धिग् अस्तु हृदयं यस्या ममेदं न सहस्रधा त्वयि पञ्चत्वम् आपन्ने फलते शोकपीडितम् ॥
dhig astu hṛdayaṃ yasyā mamedaṃ na sahasradhā tvayi pañcatvam āpanne phalate śokapīḍitam
Translation
Fie on this heart of mine,
that into a thousand pieces,
now you have gone to the five elements,
does not burst, crushed with grief.
लीला
धिक्कार है मेरे इस हृदय को, जो तुम्हारे पंचतत्व में मिल जाने पर भी हज़ार टुकड़े नहीं हो जाता।
Subtitle
Fie on my heart,
that it does not burst into a thousand pieces,
now that you have gone
to the five elements.
॥ 6.111.88–90 ॥
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 6.111.91 ॥
RavanaWives
वाल्मीकि
किं ते न विदिता देवि लोकानां स्थितिर् अध्रुवा दशाविभागपर्याये राज्ञां वै चञ्चलाः श्रियः ॥
kiṃ te na viditā devi lokānāṃ sthitir adhruvā daśāvibhāgaparyāye rājñāṃ vai cañcalāḥ śriyaḥ
Translation
Do you not know, O queen,
the order of the worlds is never fixed?
When fortune’s phases turn,
the glory of kings is fickle.
लीला
देवी, क्या आप नहीं जानतीं? संसार की स्थिति अटल नहीं होती। समय पलटता है, तो राजाओं की लक्ष्मी भी डोल जाती है।
Subtitle
Do you not know, queen?
The order of the worlds is never fixed.
When the times turn,
the fortunes of kings flicker.
॥ 6.111.93–104 ॥
CrEd 6.99.30–41
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 6.111.104, 123ab, 125ab ॥
CrEd 6.99.41–42
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
राघवस्य वचः श्रुत्वा त्वरमाणो विभीषणः ।
संस्कारेणानुरूपेण योजयाम् आस रावणम् ।
स ददौ पावकं तस्य विधियुक्तं विभीषणः ।
ताः स्त्रियोऽनुनयाम् आस सान्त्वम् उक्त्वा पुनः पुनः ॥
rāghavasya vacaḥ śrutvā tvaramāṇo vibhīṣaṇaḥ
saṃskāreṇānurūpeṇa yojayām āsa rāvaṇam
sa dadau pāvakaṃ tasya vidhiyuktaṃ vibhīṣaṇaḥ
tāḥ striyo 'nunayām āsa sāntvam uktvā punaḥ punaḥ
Translation
Hearing the words of Raghava,
Vibhishana, in haste,
with rites befitting him
laid Ravana to rest.
He gave him the fire,
as the law ordains, Vibhishana,
and soothed those women,
with gentle words, again and again.
Subtitle
Vibhishana gave him the fire
as the law ordains,
and consoled the women gently,
again and again.
॥ 6.111.123cd–124 ॥
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 6.111.125cd ॥
विभीषणVibhishana
वाल्मीकि
गम्यताम् इति ॥
gamyatām iti
Translation
“Go now,” he said.
लीला
अब जाइए।
Subtitle
Go now.
॥ 6.111.126 ॥
CrEd 6.99.43
silent moment मौन क्षण