Krauncha
॥ 1.2.3 ॥
CrEd 1.2.3
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
स मुहूर्तं गते तस्मिन् देवलोकं मुनिस् तदा ।
जगाम तमसातीरं जाह्नव्यास् त्व् अविदूरतः ॥
sa muhūrtaṃ gate tasmin devalokaṃ munis tadā
jagāma tamasātīraṃ jāhnavyās tv avidūrataḥ
English
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.
॥ 1.2.4 ॥
CrEd 1.2.4
silent moment
॥ 1.2.5 ॥
CrEd 1.2.5
Valmiki
Sanskrit
अकर्दमम् इदं तीर्थं भरद्वाज निशामय रमणीयं प्रसन्नाम्बु सन्मनुष्यमनो यथा ॥
akardamam idaṃ tīrthaṃ bharadvāja niśāmaya ramaṇīyaṃ prasannāmbu sanmanuṣyamano yathā
English
Free of mud is this ford;
Bharadvaja, look upon it:
lovely, its waters clear,
like the mind of a good man.
॥ 1.2.6 ॥
CrEd 1.2.6
Valmiki
Sanskrit
न्यस्यतां कलशस् तात दीयतां वल्कलं मम इदम् एवावगाहिष्ये तमसातीर्थम् उत्तमम् ॥
nyasyatāṃ kalaśas tāta dīyatāṃ valkalaṃ mama idam evāvagāhiṣye tamasātīrtham uttamam
English
Set down the pitcher, my son;
give me my garment of bark.
Here, in this, I will bathe,
the Tamasa’s finest ford.
॥ 1.2.7 ॥
CrEd 1.2.7
silent moment
॥ 1.2.8 ॥
CrEd 1.2.8
silent moment
॥ 1.2.9 ॥
CrEd 1.2.9
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
तस्याभ्याशे तु मिथुनं चरन्तम् अनपायिनम् ।
ददर्श भगवांस् तत्र क्रौञ्चयोश् चारुनिस्वनम् ॥
tasyābhyāśe tu mithunaṃ carantam anapāyinam
dadarśa bhagavāṃs tatra krauñcayoś cārunisvanam
English
Close by him, roaming,
never apart, a pair:
the blessed one saw them there,
the krauncha birds, sweet-voiced.
॥ 1.2.9 ॥
CrEd 1.2.9
silent moment
॥ 1.2.10 ॥
CrEd 1.2.10
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
तस्मात् तु मिथुनाद् एकं पुमांसं पापनिश्चयः ।
जघान वैरनिलयो निषादस् तस्य पश्यतः ॥
tasmāt tu mithunād ekaṃ pumāṃsaṃ pāpaniścayaḥ
jaghāna vairanilayo niṣādas tasya paśyataḥ
English
And from that pair, the one,
the male, a man bent on evil,
a nest of enmity, struck down:
a Nishada, before his eyes.
॥ 1.2.11 ॥
CrEd 1.2.11
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
तं शोणितपरीताङ्गं वेष्टमानं महीतले ।
भार्या तु निहतं दृष्ट्वा रुराव करुणां गिरम् ॥
taṃ śoṇitaparītāṅgaṃ veṣṭamānaṃ mahītale
bhāryā tu nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā rurāva karuṇāṃ giram
English
Him, his limbs all drenched in blood,
writhing upon the ground,
his mate saw, struck down,
and cried a piteous cry.
॥ 1.2.13 ॥
CrEd 1.2.12
silent moment
॥ 1.2.14 ॥
CrEd 1.2.13
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
ततः करुणवेदित्वाद् अधर्मोऽयम् इति द्विजः ।
निशाम्य रुदतीं क्रौञ्चीम् इदं वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥
tataḥ karuṇaveditvād adharmo 'yam iti dvijaḥ
niśāmya rudatīṃ krauñcīm idaṃ vacanam abravīt
English
Then, out of the pity he felt,
“This is adharma,” the brahmin thought;
hearing the krauncha hen weep,
he spoke these words.
॥ 1.2.15 ॥
CrEd 1.2.14
Valmiki
Sanskrit
मा निषाद प्रतिष्ठां त्वम् अगमः शाश्वतीः समाः यत् क्रौञ्चमिथुनाद् एकम् अवधीः काममोहितम् ॥
mā niṣāda pratiṣṭhāṃ tvam agamaḥ śāśvatīḥ samāḥ yat krauñcamithunād ekam avadhīḥ kāmamohitam
English
Nishada, may you never find
a resting place, through endless years,
for from the krauncha pair you slew
the one, lost in love.
॥ 1.2.15 ॥
CrEd 1.2.14
silent moment