Krauncha
॥ 1.2.3 ॥
CrEd 1.2.3
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वाल्मीकि
स मुहूर्तं गते तस्मिन् देवलोकं मुनिस् तदा ।
जगाम तमसातीरं जाह्नव्यास् त्व् अविदूरतः ॥
sa muhūrtaṃ gate tasmin devalokaṃ munis tadā
jagāma tamasātīraṃ jāhnavyās tv avidūrataḥ
Translation
A moment after he had gone
to the world of the gods, the sage
went down to the Tamasa’s bank,
not far from the Jahnavi.
Subtitle
A while after Narada had gone
to the world of the gods,
the sage went down to the Tamasa,
not far from the Ganga.
॥ 1.2.4 ॥
CrEd 1.2.4
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 1.2.5 ॥
CrEd 1.2.5
वाल्मीकिValmiki
वाल्मीकि
अकर्दमम् इदं तीर्थं भरद्वाज निशामय रमणीयं प्रसन्नाम्बु सन्मनुष्यमनो यथा ॥
akardamam idaṃ tīrthaṃ bharadvāja niśāmaya ramaṇīyaṃ prasannāmbu sanmanuṣyamano yathā
Translation
Free of mud is this ford;
Bharadvaja, look upon it:
lovely, its waters clear,
like the mind of a good man.
लीला
देखो भरद्वाज, यह घाट। कहीं कीचड़ नहीं। कितना सुंदर है। इसका पानी ऐसा निर्मल है, जैसे किसी सज्जन का मन।
Subtitle
See, Bharadvaja, this ford:
not a speck of mud, and lovely.
Its water is clear,
like a good man's mind.
॥ 1.2.6 ॥
CrEd 1.2.6
वाल्मीकिValmiki
वाल्मीकि
न्यस्यतां कलशस् तात दीयतां वल्कलं मम इदम् एवावगाहिष्ये तमसातीर्थम् उत्तमम् ॥
nyasyatāṃ kalaśas tāta dīyatāṃ valkalaṃ mama idam evāvagāhiṣye tamasātīrtham uttamam
Translation
Set down the pitcher, my son;
give me my garment of bark.
Here, in this, I will bathe,
the Tamasa’s finest ford.
लीला
बेटा, कलश यहीं रख दो। मेरा वल्कल मुझे दे दो। मैं यहीं नहाऊँगा, तमसा के इसी उत्तम घाट पर।
Subtitle
Set the pitcher down, son,
and give me my bark cloth.
I'll bathe right here,
at the Tamasa's finest ford.
॥ 1.2.7 ॥
CrEd 1.2.7
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 1.2.8 ॥
CrEd 1.2.8
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 1.2.9 ॥
CrEd 1.2.9
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वाल्मीकि
तस्याभ्याशे तु मिथुनं चरन्तम् अनपायिनम् ।
ददर्श भगवांस् तत्र क्रौञ्चयोश् चारुनिस्वनम् ॥
tasyābhyāśe tu mithunaṃ carantam anapāyinam
dadarśa bhagavāṃs tatra krauñcayoś cārunisvanam
Translation
Close by him, roaming,
never apart, a pair:
the blessed one saw them there,
the krauncha birds, sweet-voiced.
Subtitle
Near him the blessed one saw
a pair of krauncha birds,
roaming, never apart,
sweet-voiced.
॥ 1.2.9 ॥
CrEd 1.2.9
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 1.2.10 ॥
CrEd 1.2.10
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
तस्मात् तु मिथुनाद् एकं पुमांसं पापनिश्चयः ।
जघान वैरनिलयो निषादस् तस्य पश्यतः ॥
tasmāt tu mithunād ekaṃ pumāṃsaṃ pāpaniścayaḥ
jaghāna vairanilayo niṣādas tasya paśyataḥ
Translation
And from that pair, the one,
the male, a man bent on evil,
a nest of enmity, struck down:
a Nishada, before his eyes.
Subtitle
From that pair,
a hunter bent on evil
killed the male
before his eyes.
॥ 1.2.11 ॥
CrEd 1.2.11
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
तं शोणितपरीताङ्गं वेष्टमानं महीतले ।
भार्या तु निहतं दृष्ट्वा रुराव करुणां गिरम् ॥
taṃ śoṇitaparītāṅgaṃ veṣṭamānaṃ mahītale
bhāryā tu nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā rurāva karuṇāṃ giram
Translation
Him, his limbs all drenched in blood,
writhing upon the ground,
his mate saw, struck down,
and cried a piteous cry.
Subtitle
Seeing him on the ground,
covered in blood, writhing, slain,
his mate
cried a pitiful cry.
॥ 1.2.13 ॥
CrEd 1.2.12
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 1.2.14 ॥
CrEd 1.2.13
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
ततः करुणवेदित्वाद् अधर्मोऽयम् इति द्विजः ।
निशाम्य रुदतीं क्रौञ्चीम् इदं वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥
tataḥ karuṇaveditvād adharmo 'yam iti dvijaḥ
niśāmya rudatīṃ krauñcīm idaṃ vacanam abravīt
Translation
Then, out of the pity he felt,
“This is adharma,” the brahmin thought;
hearing the krauncha hen weep,
he spoke these words.
Subtitle
Then, moved by pity,
thinking "This is wrong",
hearing the krauncha hen weep,
the brahmin spoke these words.
॥ 1.2.15 ॥
CrEd 1.2.14
वाल्मीकिValmiki
वाल्मीकि
मा निषाद प्रतिष्ठां त्वम् अगमः शाश्वतीः समाः यत् क्रौञ्चमिथुनाद् एकम् अवधीः काममोहितम् ॥
mā niṣāda pratiṣṭhāṃ tvam agamaḥ śāśvatīḥ samāḥ yat krauñcamithunād ekam avadhīḥ kāmamohitam
Translation
Nishada, may you never find
a resting place, through endless years,
for from the krauncha pair you slew
the one, lost in love.
लीला
हे निषाद! युगों-युगों तक तुझे कहीं ठौर न मिले। क्रौंच के जोड़े में से तूने प्रेम में मगन एक को मारा।
Subtitle
Hunter, may you find no rest
for endless years:
from the krauncha pair
you killed one, lost in love.
॥ 1.2.15 ॥
CrEd 1.2.14
silent moment मौन क्षण