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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 3 (Araṇyakāṇḍa) • Sarga 3

Araṇyakāṇḍa Sarga 3

अरण्यकाण्डम् • सर्गः 3

Araṇyakāṇḍa Sarga 3 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 27 verses.

Total: 27 Verses • Citations: VR 3.3.1–27 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 3.3.1 अनुष्टुप्
अथोवाच पुनर्वाक्यं विराधः पूरयन्वनम् । आत्मानं पृच्छते ब्रूतं कौ युवां क्व गमिष्यथः ॥
athovāca punarvākyaṃ virādhaḥ pūrayanvanam | ātmānaṃ pṛcchate brūtaṃ kau yuvāṃ kva gamiṣyathaḥ ||
English Translation
Then Virādha again spoke filling the forest, Do you tell me who ask you, who are you and whither are you going? The North-West Provinces text has additional Sloka : Having said this, the graceful Lakşmaņa spoke to Virādha as if jestingly, Who are you that coming to the forest, are ranging it pleasantly?-
VR 3.3.2 अनुष्टुप्
तमुवाच ततो रामो राक्षसं ज्वलिताननम् । पृच्छन्तं सुमहातेजा इक्ष्वाकुकुलमात्मनः ॥
tamuvāca tato rāmo rākṣasaṃ jvalitānanam | pṛcchantaṃ sumahātejā ikṣvākukulamātmanaḥ ||
English Translation
Thereupon, the highly energetic Rāma answered the Rākşasa with a flaming face, when he had thus asked (Rāma) that he belonged to the Iksvaku race. Know us that are in the forest, for Kșatriyas of respectable character. I also am anxious of knowing who you are, wandering in the Dandakas.
VR 3.3.3 अनुष्टुप्
क्षत्रियो वृत्तसंपन्नौ विद्धि नौ वनगोचरौ । त्वां तु वेदितुमिच्छावः कस्त्वं चरसि दण्डकान् ॥
kṣatriyo vṛttasaṃpannau viddhi nau vanagocarau | tvāṃ tu veditumicchāvaḥ kastvaṃ carasi daṇḍakān ||
English Translation
Thereupon, the highly energetic Rāma answered the Rākşasa with a flaming face, when he had thus asked (Rāma) that he belonged to the Iksvaku race. Know us that are in the forest, for Kșatriyas of respectable character. I also am anxious of knowing who you are, wandering in the Dandakas.
VR 3.3.4 अनुष्टुप्
तमुवाच विराधस्तु रामं सत्यपराक्रमम् । हन्त वक्ष्यामि ते राजन्निबोध मम राघव ॥
tamuvāca virādhastu rāmaṃ satyaparākramam | hanta vakṣyāmi te rājannibodha mama rāghava ||
English Translation
Virădha answered Råma having truth for his prowess, Ah! I will tell you, O king. Do you,O Răghava understand!
VR 3.3.5 अनुष्टुप्
पुत्रः किल जयस्याहं माता मम शतह्रदा । विराध इति मामाहुः पृथिव्यां सर्वराक्षसाः ॥
putraḥ kila jayasyāhaṃ mātā mama śatahradā | virādha iti māmāhuḥ pṛthivyāṃ sarvarākṣasāḥ ||
English Translation
I am son of Java, and my mother is Satahradā. All the Rāksasas of the earth have called me Virādha.
VR 3.3.6 अनुष्टुप्
तपसा चापि मे प्राप्ता ब्रह्मणो हि प्रसादजा । शस्त्रेणावध्यता लोकेऽच्छेद्याभेद्यत्वमेव च ॥
tapasā cāpi me prāptā brahmaṇo hi prasādajā | śastreṇāvadhyatā loke'cchedyābhedyatvameva ca ||
English Translation
Having gratified Brahmă by my asceticism, IⓇreceived (this boon) that none in the world would be able to slay me by mangling my body with weapons.
VR 3.3.7 अनुष्टुप्
उत्सृज्य प्रमदामेनामनपेक्षौ यथागतम् । त्वरमाणौ पालयेथां न वां जीवितमाददे ॥
utsṛjya pramadāmenāmanapekṣau yathāgatam | tvaramāṇau pālayethāṃ na vāṃ jīvitamādade ||
English Translation
Forsaking this fair one, do you, renouncing all hope (of either recovering her or vanquishing me), speedily flee away to that place whence you had come; else I shall deprive you of your lives. Thereat, Rāma with his eyes reddened through wrath replied to that Rākşasa of a deformed shape, the wicked Viradha.
VR 3.3.8 अनुष्टुप्
तं रामः प्रत्युवाचेदं कोपसंरक्तलोचनः । राक्षसं विकृताकारं विराधं पापचेतसं ॥
taṃ rāmaḥ pratyuvācedaṃ kopasaṃraktalocanaḥ | rākṣasaṃ vikṛtākāraṃ virādhaṃ pāpacetasaṃ ||
English Translation
Forsaking this fair one, do you, renouncing all hope (of either recovering her or vanquishing me), speedily flee away to that place whence you had come; else I shall deprive you of your lives. Thereat, Rāma with his eyes reddened through wrath replied to that Rākşasa of a deformed shape, the wicked Viradha.
VR 3.3.9 अनुष्टुप्
क्षुद्र धिक्त्वां तु हीनार्थं मृत्युमन्वेषसे ध्रुवम् । रणे संप्राप्स्यसे तिष्ठ न मे जीवन्गमिष्यसि ॥
kṣudra dhiktvāṃ tu hīnārthaṃ mṛtyumanveṣase dhruvam | raṇe saṃprāpsyase tiṣṭha na me jīvangamiṣyasi ||
English Translation
Little! shame on you of base purposes! You surely seek your own death; and (death) you shall get in battle. Stay! You escapist me not with life.
VR 3.3.10 अनुष्टुप्
ततः सज्यं धनुः कृत्वा रामः सुनिशिताञ्शरान् । सुशीघ्रमभिसंधाय राक्षसं निजघान ह ॥
tataḥ sajyaṃ dhanuḥ kṛtvā rāmaḥ suniśitāñśarān | suśīghramabhisaṃdhāya rākṣasaṃ nijaghāna ha ||
English Translation
Then stringing his bow, Rāma, speedily aiming at the Rākşasa, pierced him with sharpened shafts; and (then) from his bow-string let go seven shafts, having their feathered parts plaited with good, furnished with great velocity, and coursing like Suparna or the wind.
VR 3.3.11 अनुष्टुप्
धनुषा ज्यागुणवता सप्तबाणान्मुमोच ह । रुक्मपुङ्खान्महावेगान्सुपर्णानिलतुल्यगान् ॥
dhanuṣā jyāguṇavatā saptabāṇānmumoca ha | rukmapuṅkhānmahāvegānsuparṇānilatulyagān ||
English Translation
Then stringing his bow, Rāma, speedily aiming at the Rākşasa, pierced him with sharpened shafts; and (then) from his bow-string let go seven shafts, having their feathered parts plaited with good, furnished with great velocity, and coursing like Suparna or the wind.
VR 3.3.12 अनुष्टुप्
ते शरीरं विराधस्य भित्त्वा बर्हिणवाससः । निपेतुः शोणितादिग्धा धरण्यां पावकोपमाः ॥
te śarīraṃ virādhasya bhittvā barhiṇavāsasaḥ | nipetuḥ śoṇitādigdhā dharaṇyāṃ pāvakopamāḥ ||
English Translation
Thereat, resembling flames, those arrows furnished with peacocks, feathers, pierced. Viradha's body, and fell to the earth, covered with blood.
VR 3.3.13 अनुष्टुप्
स विनद्य महानादं शूलं शक्रध्वजोपमम् । प्रगृह्याशोभत तदा व्यात्तानन इवान्तकः ॥
sa vinadya mahānādaṃ śūlaṃ śakradhvajopamam | pragṛhyāśobhata tadā vyāttānana ivāntakaḥ ||
English Translation
And sending forth a mighty roar, he took up a dart resembling the banner of Sakra and he then appeared like the Destroyer* with opening mouth.
VR 3.3.14 अनुष्टुप्
तच्छूलं वज्रसंकाशं गगने ज्वलनोपमम् । द्वाभ्यां शराभ्यां चिच्छेद रामः शस्त्रभृतां वरः ॥
tacchūlaṃ vajrasaṃkāśaṃ gagane jvalanopamam | dvābhyāṃ śarābhyāṃ ciccheda rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ ||
English Translation
That best of those bearing arms cut off with two arrows that dart resembling the thunder-bolt and flaming in the sky.
VR 3.3.15 अनुष्टुप्
तस्य रौद्रस्य सौमित्रिर्बाहुं सव्यं बभञ्ज ह । रामस्तु दक्षिणं बाहुं तरसा तस्य रक्षसः ॥
tasya raudrasya saumitrirbāhuṃ savyaṃ babhañja ha | rāmastu dakṣiṇaṃ bāhuṃ tarasā tasya rakṣasaḥ ||
English Translation
And Sumitra's son broke his left arm; while Rāma at once broke the Rākşasa's right one.
VR 3.3.16 उपजातिः
स भग्नबाहुः संविग्नो निपपाताशु राक्षसः । धरण्यां मेघसंकाशो वज्रभिन्न इवाचलः । इदं प्रोवाच काकुत्स्थं विराधः पुरुषर्षभम् ॥
sa bhagnabāhuḥ saṃvigno nipapātāśu rākṣasaḥ | dharaṇyāṃ meghasaṃkāśo vajrabhinna ivācalaḥ | idaṃ provāca kākutsthaṃ virādhaḥ puruṣarṣabham ||
English Translation
On his arms being broken, the Raksasa resembling a mass of clouds, growing weak, sank down on the ground in a swoon, like a hill riven by the thunderbolt.
VR 3.3.17 अनुष्टुप्
कौसल्या सुप्रजास्तात रामस्त्वं विदितो मया । वैदेही च महाभागा लक्ष्मणश्च महायशाः ॥
kausalyā suprajāstāta rāmastvaṃ vidito mayā | vaidehī ca mahābhāgā lakṣmaṇaśca mahāyaśāḥ ||
English Translation
Now I know you that are Rāma, the worthy Son of Kausalyā, my child; as well as the highly virtuous Vaidehi and the renowned Lakşmaņa.
VR 3.3.18 अनुष्टुप्
अभिशापादहं घोरां प्रविष्टो राक्षसीं तनुम् । तुम्बुरुर्नाम गन्धर्वः शप्तो वैश्वरणेन हि ॥
abhiśāpādahaṃ ghorāṃ praviṣṭo rākṣasīṃ tanum | tumbururnāma gandharvaḥ śapto vaiśvaraṇena hi ||
English Translation
By virtue of a curse, I entered this dreadful Räkşasi form, I a Gandharva, having been cursed by Vaisravaņa.
VR 3.3.19 अनुष्टुप्
प्रसाद्यमानश्च मया सोऽब्रवीन्मां महायशाः । यदा दाशरथी रामस्त्वां वधिष्यति संयुगे ॥
prasādyamānaśca mayā so'bravīnmāṃ mahāyaśāḥ | yadā dāśarathī rāmastvāṃ vadhiṣyati saṃyuge ||
English Translation
Being propitiated by me, that greatly famous one said, 'When Rāma the son of Dasaratha, shall slay you in encounter, you, attaining your natural condition, shall repair to the celestial regions.'
VR 3.3.20 अनुष्टुप्
तदा प्रकृतिमापन्नो भवान्स्वर्गं गमिष्यति । इति वैश्रवणो राजा रम्भासक्तमुवाच ह ॥
tadā prakṛtimāpanno bhavānsvargaṃ gamiṣyati | iti vaiśravaṇo rājā rambhāsaktamuvāca ha ||
English Translation
When king Kubera saw me absent (from duty) as I was infatuated with Rambha, he got angry and cursed me.
VR 3.3.21 उपजातिः
अनुपस्थीयमानो मां संक्रुद्धो व्यजहार ह । तव प्रसादान्मुक्तोऽहमभिशापात्सुदारुणात् । भवनं स्वं गमिष्यामि स्वस्ति वोऽस्तु परंतप ॥
anupasthīyamāno māṃ saṃkruddho vyajahāra ha | tava prasādānmukto'hamabhiśāpātsudāruṇāt | bhavanaṃ svaṃ gamiṣyāmi svasti vo'stu paraṃtapa ||
English Translation
Through your grace have I been freed from this fearful curse, I shall (now) repair to heaven. Hail, O repressor of foes!
VR 3.3.22 अनुष्टुप्
इतो वसति धर्मात्मा शरभङ्गः प्रतापवान् । अध्यर्धयोजने तात महर्षिः सूर्यसंनिभः ॥
ito vasati dharmātmā śarabhaṅgaḥ pratāpavān | adhyardhayojane tāta maharṣiḥ sūryasaṃnibhaḥ ||
English Translation
O dear, there lives Sarabhanga, a righteous sage, comparable to the Sun, at a distance of one and a half yojanas from here. Go to him at once. He will bless you with your wellbeing.
VR 3.3.23 अनुष्टुप्
तं क्षिप्रमभिगच्छ त्वं स ते श्रेयो विधास्यति । अवटे चापि मां राम निक्षिप्य कुशली व्रज ॥
taṃ kṣipramabhigaccha tvaṃ sa te śreyo vidhāsyati | avaṭe cāpi māṃ rāma nikṣipya kuśalī vraja ||
VR 3.3.24 अनुष्टुप्
रक्षसां गतसत्त्वानामेष धर्मः सनातनः । अवटे ये निधीयन्ते तेषां लोकाः सनातनाः ॥
rakṣasāṃ gatasattvānāmeṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ | avaṭe ye nidhīyante teṣāṃ lokāḥ sanātanāḥ ||
English Translation
Bury me in the pit, O Rama, and proceed happily. This is a great tradition for the dead demons. Those who are buried in the pit attain heaven.
VR 3.3.25 अनुष्टुप्
एवमुक्त्वा तु काकुत्स्थं विराधः शरपीडितः । बभूव स्वर्गसंप्राप्तो न्यस्तदेहो महाबलः ॥
evamuktvā tu kākutsthaṃ virādhaḥ śarapīḍitaḥ | babhūva svargasaṃprāpto nyastadeho mahābalaḥ ||
English Translation
Those that die in the forest, attain eternal regions. Having said this to Kākutstha, the mighty Viradha, afflicted with arrows, having his body deposited (in the pit), attained heaven.
VR 3.3.26 अनुष्टुप्
तं मुक्तकण्ठमुत्क्षिप्य शङ्कुकर्णं महास्वनम् । विराधं प्राक्षिपच्छ्वभ्रे नदन्तं भैरवस्वनम् ॥
taṃ muktakaṇṭhamutkṣipya śaṅkukarṇaṃ mahāsvanam | virādhaṃ prākṣipacchvabhre nadantaṃ bhairavasvanam ||
English Translation
Rama took his foot off Viradha's neck and dropped his body with pointed ears into the pit while Viradha was groaning fearfully৷৷
VR 3.3.27 वंशस्थम्
ततस्तु तौ काञ्चनचित्रकार्मुकौ; निहत्य रक्षः परिगृह्य मैथिलीम् । विजह्रतुस्तौ मुदितौ महावने; दिवि स्थितौ चन्द्रदिवाकराविव ॥
tatastu tau kāñcanacitrakārmukau; nihatya rakṣaḥ parigṛhya maithilīm | vijahratustau muditau mahāvane; divi sthitau candradivākarāviva ||
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