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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 3 (Araṇyakāṇḍa) • Sarga 66

Araṇyakāṇḍa Sarga 66

अरण्यकाण्डम् • सर्गः 66

Araṇyakāṇḍa Sarga 66 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 15 verses.

Total: 15 Verses • Citations: VR 3.66.1–15 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 3.66.1 अनुष्टुप्
तौ तु तत्र स्थितौ दृष्ट्वा भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ । बाहुपाशपरिक्षिप्तौ कबन्धो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥
tau tu tatra sthitau dṛṣṭvā bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau | bāhupāśaparikṣiptau kabandho vākyamabravīt ||
English Translation
Beholding both the brothers, Rāma and Laks maņa, clasping each other with their arms, the headless demon spoke:
VR 3.66.2 अनुष्टुप्
तिष्ठतः किं नु मां दृष्ट्वा क्षुधार्तं क्षत्रियर्षभौ । आहारार्थं तु संदिष्टौ दैवेन गतचेतसौ ॥
tiṣṭhataḥ kiṃ nu māṃ dṛṣṭvā kṣudhārtaṃ kṣatriyarṣabhau | āhārārthaṃ tu saṃdiṣṭau daivena gatacetasau ||
English Translation
O two best of Ksatryas, are you waiting here beholding me hungry? O you having lost your sense, you have been chosen by Destiny as my food.
VR 3.66.3 अनुष्टुप्
तच्छ्रुत्वा लक्ष्मणो वाक्यं प्राप्तकालं हितं तदा । उवाचार्तिसमापन्नो विक्रमे कृतनिश्चयः ॥
tacchrutvā lakṣmaṇo vākyaṃ prāptakālaṃ hitaṃ tadā | uvācārtisamāpanno vikrame kṛtaniścayaḥ ||
English Translation
Hearing those words Laksmana, sore, distressed and determined to display his valour, addressed Rāma with words worthy of being said on that occasion.
VR 3.66.4 अनुष्टुप्
त्वां च मां च पुरा तूर्णमादत्ते राक्षसाधमः । तस्मादसिभ्यामस्याशु बाहू छिन्दावहे गुरू ॥
tvāṃ ca māṃ ca purā tūrṇamādatte rākṣasādhamaḥ | tasmādasibhyāmasyāśu bāhū chindāvahe gurū ||
English Translation
This vile Rākṣasa shall seize both of us; let us sunder soon its two huge arms with our daggers.
VR 3.66.5 अनुष्टुप्
ततस्तौ देशकालज्ञौ खड्गाभ्यामेव राघवौ । अच्छिन्दतां सुसंहृष्टौ बाहू तस्यांसदेशयोः ॥
tatastau deśakālajñau khaḍgābhyāmeva rāghavau | acchindatāṃ susaṃhṛṣṭau bāhū tasyāṃsadeśayoḥ ||
English Translation
Thereat Rāma and Lakşmana, cognizant of time and place, pleased+, sundered its arms off its shoulders with their daggers. They were pleased because they cut off its arms with ease like to the trunks of a plantain tree.
VR 3.66.6 अनुष्टुप्
दक्षिणो दक्षिणं बाहुमसक्तमसिना ततः । चिच्छेद रामो वेगेन सव्यं वीरस्तु लक्ष्मणः ॥
dakṣiṇo dakṣiṇaṃ bāhumasaktamasinā tataḥ | ciccheda rāmo vegena savyaṃ vīrastu lakṣmaṇaḥ ||
English Translation
Rāma, stationed on the right side cut off in no time its right arm with his dagger and the heroic Laksmana, the left one. It may mean also expert.
VR 3.66.7 अनुष्टुप्
स पपात महाबाहुश्छिन्नबाहुर्महास्वनः । खं च गां च दिशश्चैव नादयञ्जलदो यथा ॥
sa papāta mahābāhuśchinnabāhurmahāsvanaḥ | khaṃ ca gāṃ ca diśaścaiva nādayañjalado yathā ||
English Translation
Having got its arms dissevered, the terriblevoiced, Kabandha, of huge arms, roaring like to the muttering of clouds and resounding the heaven, earth and all the quarters, fell flat on the ground.
VR 3.66.8 अनुष्टुप्
स निकृत्तौ भुजौ दृष्ट्वा शोणितौघपरिप्लुतः । दीनः पप्रच्छ तौ वीरौ कौ युवामिति दानवः ॥
sa nikṛttau bhujau dṛṣṭvā śoṇitaughapariplutaḥ | dīnaḥ papraccha tau vīrau kau yuvāmiti dānavaḥ ||
English Translation
Beholding both its arms cut off, the demon, with its person bathed in blood, asked them poorly Who are you?
VR 3.66.9 अनुष्टुप्
इति तस्य ब्रुवाणस्य लक्ष्मणः शुभलक्षणः । शशंस तस्य काकुत्स्थं कबन्धस्य महाबलः ॥
iti tasya bruvāṇasya lakṣmaṇaḥ śubhalakṣaṇaḥ | śaśaṃsa tasya kākutsthaṃ kabandhasya mahābalaḥ ||
English Translation
Being thus accosted by Kabandha, the mighty Lakşmana, gifted with auspicious marks, spoke to it, about Kākutstha.
VR 3.66.10 अनुष्टुप्
अयमिक्ष्वाकुदायादो रामो नाम जनैः श्रुतः । अस्यैवावरजं विद्धि भ्रातरं मां च लक्ष्मणम् ॥
ayamikṣvākudāyādo rāmo nāma janaiḥ śrutaḥ | asyaivāvarajaṃ viddhi bhrātaraṃ māṃ ca lakṣmaṇam ||
English Translation
He is a descendant of the Ikşvākus known on earth by the name of Rāma, and know me as his younger brother, by name-Laksmana.
VR 3.66.11 अनुष्टुप्
अस्य देवप्रभावस्य वसतो विजने वने । रक्षसापहृता भार्या यामिच्छन्ताविहागतौ ॥
asya devaprabhāvasya vasato vijane vane | rakṣasāpahṛtā bhāryā yāmicchantāvihāgatau ||
English Translation
Being thwarted by mother (Kaikeyi) in his accession of kingdom, he, renouncing all, has fled as an exile to woods, and has, along with me and his spouse, been ranging this forest. While living in the dense forest the wife of Răma, effulgent like to the celestials has been ravished by a Raksasa. Searching her, have we come here.
VR 3.66.12 अनुष्टुप्
त्वं तु को वा किमर्थं वा कबन्ध सदृशो वने । आस्येनोरसि दीप्तेन भग्नजङ्घो विचेष्टसे ॥
tvaṃ tu ko vā kimarthaṃ vā kabandha sadṛśo vane | āsyenorasi dīptena bhagnajaṅgho viceṣṭase ||
English Translation
Who are you? And what for are you ranging this forest like to a headless demon, having your thighs broken and your flaming face placed on your breast?
VR 3.66.13 अनुष्टुप्
एवमुक्तः कबन्धस्तु लक्ष्मणेनोत्तरं वचः । उवाच परमप्रीतस्तदिन्द्रवचनं स्मरन् ॥
evamuktaḥ kabandhastu lakṣmaṇenottaraṃ vacaḥ | uvāca paramaprītastadindravacanaṃ smaran ||
English Translation
Being thus addressed by Lakṣmaṇa with these goodly words, Kabandha, pleased, recollecting the words of Indra, bespoke him,
VR 3.66.14 अनुष्टुप्
स्वागतं वां नरव्याघ्रौ दिष्ट्या पश्यामि चाप्यहम् । दिष्ट्या चेमौ निकृत्तौ मे युवाभ्यां बाहुबन्धनौ ॥
svāgataṃ vāṃ naravyāghrau diṣṭyā paśyāmi cāpyaham | diṣṭyā cemau nikṛttau me yuvābhyāṃ bāhubandhanau ||
English Translation
O two best of men, you are welcome! By my good luck it is that I do behold you. By my good fortune you have dissevered my shoulders today.
VR 3.66.15 अनुष्टुप्
विरूपं यच्च मे रूपं प्राप्तं ह्यविनयाद्यथा । तन्मे शृणु नरव्याघ्र तत्त्वतः शंसतस्तव ॥
virūpaṃ yacca me rūpaṃ prāptaṃ hyavinayādyathā | tanme śṛṇu naravyāghra tattvataḥ śaṃsatastava ||
English Translation
Do you hear; I shall relate truly to you how have I, by my haughtiness, come by this unsightly shape.
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