Jatayu wakes
॥ 3.49.23 ॥
CrEd 3.47.22
silent moment
॥ 3.49.24 ॥
CrEd 3.47.23
Sita
Sanskrit
हा लक्ष्मण महाबाहो गुरुचित्तप्रसादक ह्रियमाणां न जानीषे रक्षसा कामरूपिणा ॥
hā lakṣmaṇa mahābāho gurucittaprasādaka hriyamāṇāṃ na jānīṣe rakṣasā kāmarūpiṇā
English
Ah, Lakshmana, mighty-armed,
you who gladden your elder’s heart,
you do not know I am carried off
by a rakshasa who takes any form he will.
॥ 3.49.31 ॥
CrEd 3.47.31
Sita
Sanskrit
हंससारससंघुष्टां वन्दे गोदावरीं नदीम् क्षिप्रं रामाय शंस त्वं सीतां हरति रावणः ॥
haṃsasārasasaṃghuṣṭāṃ vande godāvarīṃ nadīm kṣipraṃ rāmāya śaṃsa tvaṃ sītāṃ harati rāvaṇaḥ
English
I bow to the river Godavari,
ringing with swans and cranes:
quickly, tell Rama
that Ravana is carrying off Sita.
॥ 3.49.36–37 ॥
silent moment
॥ 3.49.38 ॥
Sita
Sanskrit
जटायो पश्य माम् आर्य ह्रियमाणाम् अनाथवत् अनेन राक्षसेन्द्रेण करुणं पापकर्मणा ॥
jaṭāyo paśya mām ārya hriyamāṇām anāthavat anena rākṣasendreṇa karuṇaṃ pāpakarmaṇā
English
Jatayu, noble one, see me
carried off as if I had no protector,
pitiably, by this
lord of rakshasas, doer of evil.
॥ 3.49.39–40 ॥
CrEd 3.47.36
Sita
Sanskrit
नैष वारयितुं शक्यस् त्वया क्रूरो निशाचरः … रामाय तु यथातत्त्वं जटायो हरणं मम लक्ष्मणाय च तत् सर्वम् आख्यातव्यम् अशेषतः ॥
naiṣa vārayituṃ śakyas tvayā krūro niśācaraḥ … rāmāya tu yathātattvaṃ jaṭāyo haraṇaṃ mama lakṣmaṇāya ca tat sarvam ākhyātavyam aśeṣataḥ
English
This cruel night-ranger
cannot be held back by you.
…
But to Rama, Jatayu, truly
tell how I was carried off,
and to Lakshmana: all of it
must be told, leaving nothing out.
॥ 3.50.1 ॥
CrEd 3.48.1
silent moment
॥ 3.50.1 ॥
CrEd 3.48.1
silent moment
॥ 3.50.2 ॥
CrEd 3.48.2
silent moment
॥ 3.50.3–4a ॥
CrEd 3.48.3
Jatayu
Sanskrit
दशग्रीव स्थितो धर्मे पुराणे सत्यसंश्रयः जटायुर् नाम नाम्नाहं गृध्रराजो महाबलः ॥
daśagrīva sthito dharme purāṇe satyasaṃśrayaḥ jaṭāyur nāma nāmnāhaṃ gṛdhrarājo mahābalaḥ
English
Ten-necked one, I stand in dharma,
the ancient one, with truth my refuge;
Jatayu is my name,
king of vultures, great in strength.
॥ 3.50.6b–7a ॥
CrEd 3.48.6
Jatayu
Sanskrit
कथं राजा स्थितो धर्मे परदारान् परामृशेत् रक्षणीया विशेषेण राजदारा महाबल ॥
kathaṃ rājā sthito dharme paradārān parāmṛśet rakṣaṇīyā viśeṣeṇa rājadārā mahābala
English
How can a king who stands in dharma
lay hands on the wives of others?
A king’s wife above all
must be guarded, mighty one.
॥ 3.50.20–21 ॥
CrEd 3.48.19–20
Jatayu
Sanskrit
षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि मम जातस्य रावण ।
पितृपैतामहं राज्यं यथावद् अनुतिष्ठतः ।
वृद्धोऽहं त्वं युवा धन्वी सरथः कवची शरी ।
तथाप्य् आदाय वैदेहीं कुशली न गमिष्यसि ॥
ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi mama jātasya rāvaṇa
pitṛpaitāmahaṃ rājyaṃ yathāvad anutiṣṭhataḥ
vṛddho 'haṃ tvaṃ yuvā dhanvī sarathaḥ kavacī śarī
tathāpy ādāya vaidehīṃ kuśalī na gamiṣyasi
English
Sixty thousand years, Ravana,
have passed since I was born,
ruling as is fitting
the kingdom of my fathers and their fathers.
I am old; you are young, an archer,
with chariot, armour and arrows;
even so, taking Vaidehi,
you will not go from here unharmed.
॥ 3.50.28 ॥
CrEd 3.48.27
Jatayu
Sanskrit
तिष्ठ तिष्ठ दशग्रीव मुहूर्तं पश्य रावण ।
युद्धातिथ्यं प्रदास्यामि यथाप्राणं निशाचर ।
वृन्ताद् इव फलं त्वां तु पातयेयं रथोत्तमात् ॥
tiṣṭha tiṣṭha daśagrīva muhūrtaṃ paśya rāvaṇa
yuddhātithyaṃ pradāsyāmi yathāprāṇaṃ niśācara
vṛntād iva phalaṃ tvāṃ tu pātayeyaṃ rathottamāt
English
Stop, stop, ten-necked one!
Wait a moment and see, Ravana!
I will give you the welcome of battle,
night-ranger, as far as my breath allows.
Like a fruit from its stalk
I would bring you down from your fine chariot.
॥ 3.51.1–2 ॥
CrEd 3.49.1
silent moment
॥ 3.51.3–6 ॥
CrEd 3.49.2–6
silent moment
॥ 3.51.7–9 ॥
CrEd 3.49.7–10
silent moment
॥ 3.51.10 ॥
CrEd 3.49.11
silent moment
॥ 3.51.19 ॥
CrEd 3.49.15
silent moment
॥ 3.51.20 ॥
CrEd 3.49.16
silent moment
॥ 3.51.20 ॥
CrEd 3.49.16
Beings
Sanskrit
दृष्ट्वा निपतितं भूमौ रावणं भग्नवाहनम् साधु साध्व् इति भूतानि गृध्रराजम् अपूजयन् ॥
dṛṣṭvā nipatitaṃ bhūmau rāvaṇaṃ bhagnavāhanam sādhu sādhv iti bhūtāni gṛdhrarājam apūjayan
English
Seeing him fallen to the ground,
Ravana, his chariot wrecked,
all beings cried “Well done, well done!”
and honoured the king of vultures.
॥ 3.51.19–20 ॥
CrEd 3.49.15–16
silent moment