Golden lamps
॥ 5.18.1–2 ॥
CrEd 5.16.1–2
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वाल्मीकि
तथा विप्रेक्षमाणस्य वनं पुष्पितपादपम् विचिन्वतश् च वैदेहीं किं चिच् छेषा निशाभवत् षडङ्गवेदविदुषां क्रतुप्रवरयाजिनाम् शुश्राव ब्रह्मघोषांश् च विरात्रे ब्रह्मरक्षसाम् ॥
tathā viprekṣamāṇasya vanaṃ puṣpitapādapam vicinvataś ca vaidehīṃ kiṃ cic cheṣā niśābhavat ṣaḍaṅgavedaviduṣāṃ kratupravarayājinām śuśrāva brahmaghoṣāṃś ca virātre brahmarakṣasām
Translation
As he gazed upon the grove
of trees in flower,
searching for Vaidehi,
little of the night remained.
Of those who knew the six-limbed Veda,
offerers of the foremost rites,
he heard the Veda’s chanting, at night’s end,
the chant of brahma-rakshasas.
Subtitle
Little of the night remained.
He heard the Veda chanted
by brahma-rakshasas
at the night's end.
॥ 5.18.3–4 ॥
CrEd 5.16.3–4
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वाल्मीकि
अथ मङ्गलवादित्रैः शब्दैः श्रोत्रमनोहरैः प्राबोध्यत महाबाहुर् दशग्रीवो महाबलः विबुध्य तु यथाकालं राक्षसेन्द्रः प्रतावपान् स्रस्तमाल्याम्बरधरो वैदेहीम् अन्वचिन्तयत् ॥
atha maṅgalavāditraiḥ śabdaiḥ śrotramanoharaiḥ prābodhyata mahābāhur daśagrīvo mahābalaḥ vibudhya tu yathākālaṃ rākṣasendraḥ pratāvapān srastamālyāmbaradharo vaidehīm anvacintayat
Translation
Then with sounds of music of good omen,
sweet to the ear and to the mind,
the mighty-armed was woken,
the Ten-necked, great in strength.
Waking at his hour,
the rakshasa lord in his splendour,
his garland and his robe slipping,
thought upon Vaidehi.
Subtitle
Sweet music of good omen
woke the Ten-necked one;
waking, he thought of Vaidehi.
॥ 5.18.9–11 ॥
CrEd 5.16.9–11
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वाल्मीकि
अशोकवनिकाम् एव प्राविशत् संततद्रुमाम् अङ्गनाशतमात्रं तु तं व्रजन्तम् अनुव्रजत् महेन्द्रम् इव पौलस्त्यं देवगन्धर्वयोषितः दीपिकाः काञ्चनीः काश् चिज् जगृहुस् तत्र योषितः बालव्यजनहस्ताश् च तालवृन्तानि चापराः ॥
aśokavanikām eva prāviśat saṃtatadrumām aṅganāśatamātraṃ tu taṃ vrajantam anuvrajat mahendram iva paulastyaṃ devagandharvayoṣitaḥ dīpikāḥ kāñcanīḥ kāś cij jagṛhus tatra yoṣitaḥ bālavyajanahastāś ca tālavṛntāni cāparāḥ
Translation
Into the Ashoka grove he went,
its trees standing close.
Some hundred women
followed him as he went,
as goddesses follow great Indra,
so Paulastya, daughters of gods and gandharvas.
Some took up golden lamps,
the women there;
some bore yak-tail fans in hand,
and others fans of palm.
Subtitle
Some hundred women followed him,
as goddesses follow Indra,
bearing golden lamps
and fans.
॥ 5.18.30–31 ॥
CrEd 5.16.26–27
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वाल्मीकि
रावणोऽयं महाबाहुर् इति संचिन्त्य वानरः अवप्लुतो महातेजा हनूमान् मारुतात्मजः स तथाप्य् उग्रतेजाः सन् निर्धूतस् तस्य तेजसा पत्रगुह्यान्तरे सक्तो हनूमान् संवृतोऽभवत् ॥
rāvaṇo 'yaṃ mahābāhur iti saṃcintya vānaraḥ avapluto mahātejā hanūmān mārutātmajaḥ sa tathāpy ugratejāḥ san nirdhūtas tasya tejasā patraguhyāntare sakto hanūmān saṃvṛto 'bhavat
Translation
“This is Ravana, the mighty-armed”:
so the monkey thought,
and leapt down, great in splendour,
Hanuman, son of the Wind.
Fierce in splendour though he was,
by that one’s splendour overborne,
clinging deep within the leaves,
Hanuman lay hidden.
Subtitle
'This is Ravana,' thought the monkey.
He slipped lower and, outshone,
hid deep in the leaves.
॥ 5.19.2–3 ॥
CrEd 5.17.2–3
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वाल्मीकि
ततो दृष्ट्वैव वैदेही रावणं राक्षसाधिपम् प्रावेपत वरारोहा प्रवाते कदली यथा ऊरुभ्याम् उदरं छाद्य बाहुभ्यां च पयोधरौ उपविष्टा विशालाक्षी रुदन्ती वरवर्णिनी ॥
tato dṛṣṭvaiva vaidehī rāvaṇaṃ rākṣasādhipam prāvepata varārohā pravāte kadalī yathā ūrubhyām udaraṃ chādya bāhubhyāṃ ca payodharau upaviṣṭā viśālākṣī rudantī varavarṇinī
Translation
Then, the moment she saw him,
Ravana, lord of rakshasas,
Vaidehi trembled, fair of hip,
like a plantain in the gale.
Shielding her belly with her thighs,
her breasts with her arms,
the wide-eyed one sat,
weeping, fairest of hue.
Subtitle
Seeing him, Vaidehi trembled
like a plantain in the wind,
and sat, hiding herself, weeping.
॥ 5.19.22 ॥
CrEd 5.17.20
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वाल्मीकि
आयाचमानां दुःखार्तां प्राञ्जलिं देवताम् इव भावेन रघुमुख्यस्य दशग्रीवपराभवम् ॥
āyācamānāṃ duḥkhārtāṃ prāñjaliṃ devatām iva bhāvena raghumukhyasya daśagrīvaparābhavam
Translation
Praying, stricken with grief,
palms joined, as to a god,
her heart on the Raghus’ chief,
for the Ten-necked one’s defeat.
Subtitle
Palms joined, as to a god,
her heart on Raghu's chief,
she prayed for the Ten-necked one's fall.
॥ 5.19.23–5.20.1 ॥
CrEd 5.17.21–5.18.1
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वाल्मीकि
अनुव्रतां रामम् अतीव मैथिलीं प्रलोभयाम् आस वधाय रावणः स तां परिवृतां दीनां निरानन्दां तपस्विनीम् साकारैर् मधुरैर् वाक्यैर् न्यदर्शयत रावणः ॥
anuvratāṃ rāmam atīva maithilīṃ pralobhayām āsa vadhāya rāvaṇaḥ sa tāṃ parivṛtāṃ dīnāṃ nirānandāṃ tapasvinīm sākārair madhurair vākyair nyadarśayata rāvaṇaḥ
Translation
Maithili, devoted utterly to Rama,
Ravana set out to tempt, to his own death.
To her, hemmed in, forlorn,
joyless, the ascetic,
with sweet words full of gesture
Ravana showed his mind.
Subtitle
Ravana began to tempt her,
to his own ruin,
with sweet words and gestures.
॥ 5.20.2–3 ॥
CrEd 5.18.2–3
रावणRavana
वाल्मीकि
मां दृष्ट्वा नागनासोरुगूहमाना स्तनोदरम् अदर्शनम् इवात्मानं भयान् नेतुं त्वम् इच्छसि कामये त्वां विशालाक्षि बहुमन्यस्व मां प्रिये ॥
māṃ dṛṣṭvā nāganāsorugūhamānā stanodaram adarśanam ivātmānaṃ bhayān netuṃ tvam icchasi kāmaye tvāṃ viśālākṣi bahumanyasva māṃ priye
Translation
Seeing me, you hide your breasts and belly,
O you whose thighs are like the elephant’s trunk,
as if you wished to take yourself
out of sight, for fear.
I desire you, wide-eyed one;
hold me in honour, my dear.
लीला
मुझे देखते ही तुम अपने को छिपा रही हो, जैसे भय से अदृश्य हो जाना चाहती हो। विशाल नयनों वाली, मैं तुम्हें चाहता हूँ। मेरा मान रखो, प्रिये।
Subtitle
Seeing me, you hide yourself,
as if fear could make you vanish.
Wide-eyed one, I want you.
Honour me.
॥ 5.20.5–6 ॥
CrEd 5.18.5–6
रावणRavana
वाल्मीकि
स्वधर्मे रक्षसां भीरु सर्वथैष न संशयः गमनं वा परस्त्रीणां हरणं संप्रमथ्य वा एवं चैतद् अकामां च न त्वां स्प्रक्ष्यामि मैथिलि कामं कामः शरीरे मे यथाकामं प्रवर्तताम् ॥
svadharme rakṣasāṃ bhīru sarvathaiṣa na saṃśayaḥ gamanaṃ vā parastrīṇāṃ haraṇaṃ saṃpramathya vā evaṃ caitad akāmāṃ ca na tvāṃ sprakṣyāmi maithili kāmaṃ kāmaḥ śarīre me yathākāmaṃ pravartatām
Translation
It is the rakshasas’ own dharma, timid one,
in every way; there is no doubt:
to go to the wives of other men,
or carry them off by force.
Yet even so, unwilling as you are,
I will not touch you, Maithili;
let desire in my body
work as it will.
लीला
पराई स्त्रियों को बल से हर लाना, यही राक्षसों का स्वधर्म है। फिर भी, तुम न चाहो तो मैं तुम्हें छुऊँगा नहीं, चाहे काम मुझे जलाए।
Subtitle
To carry off other men's wives, by force,
is the rakshasas' own dharma.
Yet I will not touch you unwilling,
though desire burns me.
॥ 5.20.8 ॥
CrEd 5.18.8
रावणRavana
वाल्मीकि
एकवेणी धराशय्या ध्यानं मलिनम् अम्बरम् अस्थानेऽप्य् उपवासश् च नैतान्य् औपयिकानि ते ॥
ekaveṇī dharāśayyā dhyānaṃ malinam ambaram asthāne 'py upavāsaś ca naitāny aupayikāni te
Translation
A single braid, the earth your bed,
brooding, a soiled robe,
and fasting without cause:
these do not become you.
लीला
एक वेणी, धरती की शय्या, चिंता, मैला वस्त्र, और बिना कारण उपवास: ये तुम्हें शोभा नहीं देते।
Subtitle
One braid, the bare earth for a bed,
brooding, a soiled robe,
fasting for no cause:
these do not become you.
॥ 5.20.12 ॥
CrEd 5.18.12
रावणRavana
वाल्मीकि
इदं ते चारुसंजातं यौवनं व्यतिवर्तते यद् अतीतं पुनर् नैति स्रोतः शीघ्रम् अपाम् इव ॥
idaṃ te cārusaṃjātaṃ yauvanaṃ vyativartate yad atītaṃ punar naiti srotaḥ śīghram apām iva
Translation
This lovely youth, grown full in you,
is passing by;
what has passed comes not again,
like the waters’ swift current.
लीला
तुम्हारा यह सुंदर यौवन बीता जा रहा है। जो बीत गया, वह फिर नहीं लौटता, जैसे नदी की तेज़ धारा।
Subtitle
This lovely youth of yours is slipping by.
What is gone does not come back,
like a river's swift current.
॥ 5.20.9–10 ॥
CrEd 5.18.9–10
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वाल्मीकि
विचित्राणि च माल्यानि चन्दनान्य् अगरूणि च विविधानि च वासांसि दिव्यान्य् आभरणानि च महार्हाणि च पानानि यानानि शयनानि च गीतं नृत्तं च वाद्यं च लभ मां प्राप्य मैथिलि ॥
vicitrāṇi ca mālyāni candanāny agarūṇi ca vividhāni ca vāsāṃsi divyāny ābharaṇāni ca mahārhāṇi ca pānāni yānāni śayanāni ca gītaṃ nṛttaṃ ca vādyaṃ ca labha māṃ prāpya maithili
Translation
Garlands of many hues,
sandal and aloe,
robes of every kind,
and heavenly ornaments,
costly drinks,
carriages and beds,
song and dance and music:
have them, Maithili, having me.
Subtitle
'Garlands, sandal and aloe,
robes and heavenly jewels,
chariots and beds,
song, dance and music.'
॥ 5.20.16–18 ॥
CrEd 5.18.16–17
रावणRavana
वाल्मीकि
भव मैथिलि भार्या मे मोहम् एनं विसर्जय बह्वीनाम् उत्तमस्त्रीणां ममाग्रमहिषी भव लोकेभ्यो यानि रत्नानि संप्रमथ्याहृतानि मे तानि ते भीरु सर्वाणि राज्यं चैतद् अहं च ते ॥
bhava maithili bhāryā me moham enaṃ visarjaya bahvīnām uttamastrīṇāṃ mamāgramahiṣī bhava lokebhyo yāni ratnāni saṃpramathyāhṛtāni me tāni te bhīru sarvāṇi rājyaṃ caitad ahaṃ ca te
Translation
Be my wife, Maithili;
cast this delusion away.
Of my many matchless women
be the chief queen.
The jewels I have wrested from the worlds,
crushing them, and carried off,
all these are yours, timid one,
this kingdom too, and I.
लीला
मेरी पत्नी बनो; यह मोह छोड़ो। मेरी सब रानियों में पटरानी बनो। लोकों से छीनकर लाए रत्न, यह राज्य, और मैं: सब तुम्हारे।
Subtitle
Be my wife; let this folly go.
Be first among my queens.
The jewels I took from the worlds,
this kingdom, and I: all yours.
॥ 5.20.26–27 ॥
CrEd 5.18.24–25
रावणRavana
वाल्मीकि
किं करिष्यसि रामेण सुभगे चीरवाससा निक्षिप्तविजयो रामो गतश्रीर् वनगोचरः व्रती स्थण्डिलशायी च शङ्के जीवति वा न वा ॥
kiṃ kariṣyasi rāmeṇa subhage cīravāsasā nikṣiptavijayo rāmo gataśrīr vanagocaraḥ vratī sthaṇḍilaśāyī ca śaṅke jīvati vā na vā
Translation
What will you do with Rama,
lovely one, Rama clad in bark?
Victory laid down, Rama,
his fortune gone, a forest wanderer,
keeping vows, sleeping on bare ground:
I doubt he even lives.
लीला
राम का क्या करोगी? वल्कलधारी राम का? विजय छोड़ चुका, राजलक्ष्मी गँवा चुका, धरती पर सोता है। मुझे तो संदेह है, वह जीवित भी है या नहीं।
Subtitle
What will you do with Rama,
Rama in bark cloth,
victory laid down, fortune lost?
I doubt he even lives.
॥ 5.21.1–2 ॥
CrEd 5.19.1–2
silent moment मौन क्षण
As light is the sun's
॥ 5.21.1–3 ॥
CrEd 5.19.1–3
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वाल्मीकि
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा सीता रौद्रस्य रक्षसः आर्ता दीनस्वरा दीनं प्रत्युवाच शनैर् वचः दुःखार्ता रुदती सीता वेपमाना तपस्विनी चिन्तयन्ती वरारोहा पतिम् एव पतिव्रता तृणम् अन्तरतः कृत्वा प्रत्युवाच शुचिस्मिता ॥
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sītā raudrasya rakṣasaḥ ārtā dīnasvarā dīnaṃ pratyuvāca śanair vacaḥ duḥkhārtā rudatī sītā vepamānā tapasvinī cintayantī varārohā patim eva pativratā tṛṇam antarataḥ kṛtvā pratyuvāca śucismitā
Translation
Hearing those words
of the fierce rakshasa, Sita,
in pain, in a faltering voice,
answered softly, sadly.
Stricken, weeping, Sita,
trembling, the ascetic,
thinking, fair of hip, of her husband only,
true to her husband,
placed a blade of grass between them
and answered, she of the pure smile.
Subtitle
Weeping, trembling,
thinking only of her husband,
she placed a blade of grass between them,
and answered.
॥ 5.21.3–5 ॥
CrEd 5.19.3–4
सीताSita
वाल्मीकि
निवर्तय मनो मत्तः स्वजने क्रियतां मनः न मां प्रार्थयितुं युक्तस् त्वं सिद्धिम् इव पापकृत् अकार्यं न मया कार्यम् एकपत्न्या विगर्हितम् कुलं संप्राप्तया पुण्यं कुले महति जातया ॥
nivartaya mano mattaḥ svajane kriyatāṃ manaḥ na māṃ prārthayituṃ yuktas tvaṃ siddhim iva pāpakṛt akāryaṃ na mayā kāryam ekapatnyā vigarhitam kulaṃ saṃprāptayā puṇyaṃ kule mahati jātayā
Translation
Turn your mind from me;
set your mind upon your own.
It is not fit for you to seek me,
as for a sinner to seek perfection.
The forbidden deed I will not do,
I, one man’s wife, the deed condemned,
I who have come into a holy house,
born in a house of greatness.
लीला
अपना मन मुझसे फेर लो; अपनों में लगाओ। तुम मुझे नहीं पा सकते, जैसे पापी सिद्धि नहीं पाता। मैं एक पति की पत्नी हूँ।
Subtitle
Turn your mind from me;
set it on your own.
You cannot win me,
as a sinner cannot win perfection.
॥ 5.21.5–6 ॥
CrEd 5.19.5
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वाल्मीकि
एवम् उक्त्वा तु वैदेही रावणं तं यशस्विनी राक्षसं पृष्ठतः कृत्वा भूयो वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥
evam uktvā tu vaidehī rāvaṇaṃ taṃ yaśasvinī rākṣasaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā bhūyo vacanam abravīt
Translation
Having spoken so, Vaidehi,
the glorious, to Ravana,
turned her back upon the rakshasa
and spoke these words again.
Subtitle
Saying this, she turned her back
on the rakshasa,
and spoke again.
॥ 5.21.6–8 ॥
CrEd 5.19.6–7
सीताSita
वाल्मीकि
नाहम् औपयिकी भार्या परभार्या सती तव साधु धर्मम् अवेक्षस्व साधु साधुव्रतं चर यथा तव तथान्येषां रक्ष्या दारा निशाचर आत्मानम् उपमां कृत्वा स्वेषु दारेषु रम्यताम् ॥
nāham aupayikī bhāryā parabhāryā satī tava sādhu dharmam avekṣasva sādhu sādhuvrataṃ cara yathā tava tathānyeṣāṃ rakṣyā dārā niśācara ātmānam upamāṃ kṛtvā sveṣu dāreṣu ramyatām
Translation
I am no fitting wife for you,
being another’s wife, and chaste.
Look well to dharma;
walk well the good man’s vow.
As yours, so others’ wives
must be guarded, night-walker.
Take yourself as the measure;
take your joy in your own wives.
लीला
मैं पराई पत्नी हूँ, तुम्हारी नहीं। धर्म को देखो। निशाचर, जैसे तुम्हारी पत्नियाँ रक्षा के योग्य हैं, वैसे ही दूसरों की। अपने को कसौटी बनाओ।
Subtitle
I am another's wife, not yours.
As your wives must be guarded, night-walker,
so must others'.
Take yourself as the measure.
॥ 5.21.15–16 ॥
CrEd 5.19.14
सीताSita
वाल्मीकि
शक्या लोभयितुं नाहम् ऐश्वर्येण धनेन वा अनन्या राघवेणाहं भास्करेण प्रभा यथा ॥
śakyā lobhayituṃ nāham aiśvaryeṇa dhanena vā ananyā rāghaveṇāhaṃ bhāskareṇa prabhā yathā
Translation
I am not to be tempted
by power or by wealth.
I am one with Raghava,
as light is with the sun.
लीला
न ऐश्वर्य से, न धन से, मैं लुभाई नहीं जा सकती। मैं राघव से अलग नहीं, जैसे प्रभा सूर्य से।
Subtitle
Neither power nor wealth
can tempt me.
I am Raghava's, no other's,
as light is the sun's.
॥ 5.22.1 ॥
CrEd 5.20.1
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वाल्मीकि
सीताया वचनं श्रुत्वा परुषं राक्षसाधिपः प्रत्युवाच ततः सीतां विप्रियं प्रियदर्शनाम् ॥
sītāyā vacanaṃ śrutvā paruṣaṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ pratyuvāca tataḥ sītāṃ vipriyaṃ priyadarśanām
Translation
Hearing Sita’s words,
harsh words, the rakshasa lord
then answered Sita, lovely to see,
with words unlovely.
Subtitle
Hearing Sita's harsh words,
the lord of the rakshasas answered
the fair one, harshly.
॥ 5.22.3–6 ॥
CrEd 5.20.3–6
रावणRavana
वाल्मीकि
संनियच्छति मे क्रोधं त्वयि कामः समुत्थितः द्रवतो मार्गम् आसाद्य हयान् इव सुसारथिः परुषाणि हि वाक्यानि यानि यानि ब्रवीषि माम् तेषु तेषु वधो युक्तस् तव मैथिलि दारुणः ॥
saṃniyacchati me krodhaṃ tvayi kāmaḥ samutthitaḥ dravato mārgam āsādya hayān iva susārathiḥ paruṣāṇi hi vākyāni yāni yāni bravīṣi mām teṣu teṣu vadho yuktas tava maithili dāruṇaḥ
Translation
It holds my anger in check,
the desire for you risen in me,
as a good charioteer, finding the road,
holds in the bolting horses.
For the harsh words,
every word you speak to me,
for each of them death were fitting,
a cruel death, Maithili.
लीला
तुम्हारे प्रति मेरा काम ही मेरे क्रोध को थामे है, जैसे कुशल सारथी भागते घोड़ों को। मैथिली, तुम्हारे हर कठोर वचन पर तुम्हें कठोर मृत्यु मिलनी चाहिए।
Subtitle
My desire for you reins my anger,
as a good charioteer reins bolting horses.
For each harsh word, Maithili,
you deserve a cruel death.
॥ 5.22.8–9 ॥
CrEd 5.20.8–9
रावणRavana
वाल्मीकि
द्वौ मासौ रक्षितव्यौ मे योऽवधिस् ते मया कृतः ततः शयनम् आरोह मम त्वं वरवर्णिनि द्वाभ्याम् ऊर्ध्वं तु मासाभ्यां भर्तारं माम् अनिच्छतीम् मम त्वां प्रातराशार्थम् आरभन्ते महानसे ॥
dvau māsau rakṣitavyau me yo 'vadhis te mayā kṛtaḥ tataḥ śayanam āroha mama tvaṃ varavarṇini dvābhyām ūrdhvaṃ tu māsābhyāṃ bhartāraṃ mām anicchatīm mama tvāṃ prātarāśārtham ārabhante mahānase
Translation
Two months I must keep waiting,
the term that I have set you;
then come up to my bed,
you fairest of hue.
But after two months, if you
will not have me for your husband,
for my morning meal they will carve you
in my kitchen.
लीला
दो मास बचे हैं, उस अवधि के जो मैंने तुम्हें दी थी; फिर तुम मेरी शय्या पर आओगी। दो मास बाद भी न मानीं, तो तुम मेरा प्रातःकाल का भोजन बनोगी।
Subtitle
Two months remain
of the term I set you.
Refuse me after two months,
and you are my morning meal.
॥ 5.22.10–11 ॥
CrEd 5.20.10–11
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वाल्मीकि
तां तर्ज्यमानां संप्रेक्ष्य राक्षसेन्द्रेण जानकीम् देवगन्धर्वकन्यास् ता विषेदुर् विपुलेक्षणाः ओष्ठप्रकारैर् अपरा नेत्रवक्त्रैस् तथापराः सीताम् आश्वासयाम् आसुस् तर्जितां तेन रक्षसा ॥
tāṃ tarjyamānāṃ saṃprekṣya rākṣasendreṇa jānakīm devagandharvakanyās tā viṣedur vipulekṣaṇāḥ oṣṭhaprakārair aparā netravaktrais tathāparāḥ sītām āśvāsayām āsus tarjitāṃ tena rakṣasā
Translation
Seeing Janaki threatened
by the rakshasa lord,
the daughters of gods and gandharvas
grieved, the wide-eyed ones.
Some with motions of their lips,
others with eyes and faces,
comforted Sita,
threatened by that rakshasa.
Subtitle
The daughters of gods and gandharvas
grieved to see her threatened,
and comforted her
with lips and eyes.
॥ 5.22.12 ॥
CrEd 5.20.12
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वाल्मीकि
ताभिर् आश्वासिता सीता रावणं राक्षसाधिपम् उवाचात्महितं वाक्यं वृत्तशौण्डीर्यगर्वितम् ॥
tābhir āśvāsitā sītā rāvaṇaṃ rākṣasādhipam uvācātmahitaṃ vākyaṃ vṛttaśauṇḍīryagarvitam
Translation
Comforted by them, Sita
to Ravana, lord of rakshasas,
spoke words for her own good,
proud in the valour of her conduct.
Subtitle
Comforted by them, Sita spoke to Ravana,
proud in her virtue.
॥ 5.22.18–19 ॥
CrEd 5.20.18–19
सीताSita
वाल्मीकि
इमे ते नयने क्रूरे विरूपे कृष्णपिङ्गले क्षितौ न पतिते कस्मान् माम् अनार्यनिरीक्षितः तस्य धर्मात्मनः पत्नीं स्नुषां दशरथस्य च कथं व्याहरतो मां ते न जिह्वा पाप शीर्यते ॥
ime te nayane krūre virūpe kṛṣṇapiṅgale kṣitau na patite kasmān mām anāryanirīkṣitaḥ tasya dharmātmanaḥ patnīṃ snuṣāṃ daśarathasya ca kathaṃ vyāharato māṃ te na jihvā pāpa śīryate
Translation
These cruel eyes of yours,
misshapen, dark and tawny,
why have they not fallen to the earth,
base one, who look on me?
That righteous one’s wife,
Dasharatha’s daughter-in-law:
as you speak to me, why does your tongue,
sinner, not rot away?
लीला
अनार्य! तुम्हारी ये क्रूर आँखें धरती पर क्यों नहीं गिर पड़तीं? एक धर्मात्मा की पत्नी से बोलते हुए, पापी, तुम्हारी जीभ क्यों नहीं गल जाती?
Subtitle
Why do your cruel eyes
not fall to the earth?
Why does your tongue
not wither, sinner?
॥ 5.22.20 ॥
CrEd 5.20.20
सीताSita
वाल्मीकि
असंदेशात् तु रामस्य तपसश् चानुपालनात् न त्वां कुर्मि दशग्रीव भस्म भस्मार्हतेजसा ॥
asaṃdeśāt tu rāmasya tapasaś cānupālanāt na tvāṃ kurmi daśagrīva bhasma bhasmārhatejasā
Translation
For want of Rama’s word,
and to keep my penance whole,
I do not make you ash, Ten-necked one,
with a fire fit to make you ash.
लीला
राम की आज्ञा नहीं है, और मुझे अपना तप बचाना है; बस इसीलिए, दशग्रीव, मैं तुम्हें भस्म नहीं करती, यद्यपि तुम उसी योग्य हो।
Subtitle
Rama has given no command,
and I keep my penance:
only for that, Ten-necked one,
I do not burn you to ash.
॥ 5.22.23–24 ॥
CrEd 5.20.23–24
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वाल्मीकि
सीताया वचनं श्रुत्वा रावणो राक्षसाधिपः विवृत्य नयने क्रूरे जानकीम् अन्ववैक्षत नीलजीमूतसंकाशो महाभुजशिरोधरः सिंहसत्त्वगतिः श्रीमान् दीप्तजिह्वोग्रलोचनः ॥
sītāyā vacanaṃ śrutvā rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ vivṛtya nayane krūre jānakīm anvavaikṣata nīlajīmūtasaṃkāśo mahābhujaśirodharaḥ siṃhasattvagatiḥ śrīmān dīptajihvogralocanaḥ
Translation
Hearing Sita’s words,
Ravana, lord of rakshasas,
opened wide his cruel eyes
and stared at Janaki:
like a dark rain cloud,
great of arm and neck,
lion-strong, lion-paced, splendid,
his tongue aflame, his eyes fierce.
Subtitle
Ravana opened wide his cruel eyes
and stared at Janaki,
dark as a rain cloud.
॥ 5.22.30–31 ॥
CrEd 5.20.28–29
रावणRavana
वाल्मीकि
अवेक्षमाणो वैदेहीं कोपसंरक्तलोचनः उवाच रावणः सीतां भुजंग इव निःश्वसन् अनयेनाभिसंपन्नम् अर्थहीनम् अनुव्रते नाशयाम्य् अहम् अद्य त्वां सूर्यः संध्याम् इवौजसा ॥
avekṣamāṇo vaidehīṃ kopasaṃraktalocanaḥ uvāca rāvaṇaḥ sītāṃ bhujaṃga iva niḥśvasan anayenābhisaṃpannam arthahīnam anuvrate nāśayāmy aham adya tvāṃ sūryaḥ saṃdhyām ivaujasā
Translation
Gazing at Vaidehi,
his eyes red with rage,
Ravana spoke to Sita,
hissing like a serpent:
“One fallen through ill conduct,
with nothing, you follow;
today I will destroy you,
as the sun with its might the twilight.”
लीला
एक गिरे हुए, धनहीन पुरुष के पीछे चलने वाली! आज मैं तुम्हें मिटा दूँगा, जैसे सूर्य अपने तेज से संध्या को मिटा देता है।
Subtitle
You who follow a fallen man with nothing:
today I will end you,
as the sun's blaze
ends the twilight.
॥ 5.22.36–38 ॥
CrEd 5.20.34–35
रावणRavana
वाल्मीकि
यथा मद्वशगा सीता क्षिप्रं भवति जानकी तथा कुरुत राक्षस्यः सर्वाः क्षिप्रं समेत्य च प्रतिलोमानुलोमैश् च सामदानादिभेदनैः आवर्तयत वैदेहीं दण्डस्योद्यमनेन च ॥
yathā madvaśagā sītā kṣipraṃ bhavati jānakī tathā kuruta rākṣasyaḥ sarvāḥ kṣipraṃ sametya ca pratilomānulomaiś ca sāmadānādibhedanaiḥ āvartayata vaidehīṃ daṇḍasyodyamanena ca
Translation
That Sita may come under my power
quickly, Janaki,
so act, rakshasis,
all of you, gathering quickly.
With harshness and with kindness,
with soft words, gifts and division,
turn Vaidehi,
and with the lifted rod.
लीला
राक्षसियो! सब मिलकर जानकी को जल्दी मेरे वश में लाओ। कभी कठोर, कभी कोमल; साम, दान, भेद और दंड से, उसका मन फेरो।
Subtitle
Rakshasis, all of you:
make Janaki yield to me, quickly.
Harsh by turns, and gentle:
soft words, gifts, division, the rod.
॥ 5.22.39–40 ॥
CrEd 5.20.37
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वाल्मीकि
उपगम्य ततः क्षिप्रं राक्षसी धान्यमालिनी परिष्वज्य दशग्रीवम् इदं वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥
upagamya tataḥ kṣipraṃ rākṣasī dhānyamālinī pariṣvajya daśagrīvam idaṃ vacanam abravīt
Translation
Then, coming quickly near,
the rakshasi Dhanyamalini
embraced the Ten-necked one
and spoke these words.
Subtitle
Then the rakshasi Dhanyamalini
came quickly, put her arms
about the Ten-necked one,
and said:
॥ 5.22.40–43 ॥
CrEd 5.20.38
Dhanyamalini
वाल्मीकि
मया क्रीड महाराज सीतया किं तवानया अकामां कामयानस्य शरीरम् उपतप्यते इच्छन्तीं कामयानस्य प्रीतिर् भवति शोभना ॥
mayā krīḍa mahārāja sītayā kiṃ tavānayā akāmāṃ kāmayānasya śarīram upatapyate icchantīṃ kāmayānasya prītir bhavati śobhanā
Translation
Take your pleasure with me, great king;
what is this Sita to you?
He who desires the unwilling,
his body burns with fever;
he who desires the willing,
his is a lovely joy.
लीला
महाराज, मेरे संग विहार करो। इस सीता से तुम्हें क्या? न चाहने वाली को चाहो, तो तन ही तपता है; चाहने वाली को चाहो, तो सुंदर सुख है।
Subtitle
Be with me, great king.
What is this Sita to you?
Wanting the unwilling fevers the body;
wanting the willing is joy.
॥ 5.22.46 ॥
CrEd 5.20.41
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वाल्मीकि
स मैथिलीं धर्मपराम् अवस्थितां प्रवेपमानां परिभर्त्स्य रावणः विहाय सीतां मदनेन मोहितः स्वम् एव वेश्म प्रविवेश भास्वरम् ॥
sa maithilīṃ dharmaparām avasthitāṃ pravepamānāṃ paribhartsya rāvaṇaḥ vihāya sītāṃ madanena mohitaḥ svam eva veśma praviveśa bhāsvaram
Translation
Maithili, intent on dharma, standing firm,
trembling, Ravana threatened her;
then, leaving Sita, dazed by desire,
he entered his own shining house.
Subtitle
He left Maithili,
trembling, yet firm in dharma,
and, dazed by desire,
went into his own shining house.
॥ 5.22.46 ॥
CrEd 5.20.41
silent moment मौन क्षण