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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 3 (Araṇyakāṇḍa) • Sarga 18

Araṇyakāṇḍa Sarga 18

अरण्यकाण्डम् • सर्गः 18

Araṇyakāṇḍa Sarga 18 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 21 verses.

Total: 21 Verses • Citations: VR 3.18.1–21 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 3.18.1 अनुष्टुप्
तां तथा पतितां दृष्ट्वा विरूपां शोणितोक्षिताम् । भगिनीं क्रोधसंतप्तः खरः पप्रच्छ राक्षसः ॥
tāṃ tathā patitāṃ dṛṣṭvā virūpāṃ śoṇitokṣitām | bhaginīṃ krodhasaṃtaptaḥ kharaḥ papraccha rākṣasaḥ ||
English Translation
Seeing his sister deformed, and covered with blood, fallen on the ground, the Raksasa, Khara, fired with wrath asked her.
VR 3.18.2 अनुष्टुप्
बलविक्रमसंपन्ना कामगा कामरूपिणी । इमामवस्थां नीता त्वं केनान्तकसमा गता ॥
balavikramasaṃpannā kāmagā kāmarūpiṇī | imāmavasthāṃ nītā tvaṃ kenāntakasamā gatā ||
English Translation
Endowed with strength and prowess, ranging about at will, wearing shapes at pleasure, and resembling the destroyer himself, going to whom hast you come by this condition?
VR 3.18.3 अनुष्टुप्
देवगन्धर्वभूतानामृषीणां च महात्मनाम् । कोऽयमेवं महावीर्यस्त्वां विरूपां चकार ह ॥
devagandharvabhūtānāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca mahātmanām | ko'yamevaṃ mahāvīryastvāṃ virūpāṃ cakāra ha ||
English Translation
Who among the gods, Gandharvas or creatures or the light souled saints is of such mighty energy as to have deformed you?
VR 3.18.4 अनुष्टुप्
न हि पश्याम्यहं लोके यः कुर्यान्मम विप्रियम् । अन्तरेन सहस्राक्षं महेन्द्रं पाकशासनम् ॥
na hi paśyāmyahaṃ loke yaḥ kuryānmama vipriyam | antarena sahasrākṣaṃ mahendraṃ pākaśāsanam ||
English Translation
In this world I do not see him that would do me : wrong, not even the mighty Indra, the thousand eyed tamer of the demon Pāka.
VR 3.18.5 अनुष्टुप्
अद्याहं मार्गणैः प्राणानादास्ये जीवितान्तकैः । सलिले क्षीरमासक्तं निष्पिबन्निव सारसः ॥
adyāhaṃ mārgaṇaiḥ prāṇānādāsye jīvitāntakaiḥ | salile kṣīramāsaktaṃ niṣpibanniva sārasaḥ ||
English Translation
a crane Even as afflicted with thirst appropriate milk mixed in water (leaving the latter out), so by means of fleet an lifedestroying shafts I will among the immortals take the life of that chastiser. The frothy blood of whom, having his marrow pierced (by me) and slain by me in battle, dose the Earth wish to drink?
VR 3.18.6 अनुष्टुप्
निहतस्य मया संख्ये शरसंकृत्तमर्मणः । सफेनं रुधिरं रक्तं मेदिनी कस्य पास्यति ॥
nihatasya mayā saṃkhye śarasaṃkṛttamarmaṇaḥ | saphenaṃ rudhiraṃ raktaṃ medinī kasya pāsyati ||
English Translation
Whose foamy, red blood will the earth drink while I strike his vital organs with my arrows in the fight ?
VR 3.18.7 अनुष्टुप्
कस्य पत्ररथाः कायान्मांसमुत्कृत्य संगताः । प्रहृष्टा भक्षयिष्यन्ति निहतस्य मया रणे ॥
kasya patrarathāḥ kāyānmāṃsamutkṛtya saṃgatāḥ | prahṛṣṭā bhakṣayiṣyanti nihatasya mayā raṇe ||
English Translation
Tearing off flesh from the corpse of whom slain by me in conflict, shall the birds so joyfully feed on it?
VR 3.18.8 अनुष्टुप्
तं न देवा न गन्धर्वा न पिशाचा न राक्षसाः । मयापकृष्टं कृपणं शक्तास्त्रातुं महाहवे ॥
taṃ na devā na gandharvā na piśācā na rākṣasāḥ | mayāpakṛṣṭaṃ kṛpaṇaṃ śaktāstrātuṃ mahāhave ||
English Translation
Him, whom I shall wrong mightily, neither the gods, nor the Gandharvas, nor the Piśācas, nor the Rākşasas, will be able to rescue in fierce encounter.
VR 3.18.9 अनुष्टुप्
उपलभ्य शनैः संज्ञां तं मे शंसितुमर्हसि । येन त्वं दुर्विनीतेन वने विक्रम्य निर्जिता ॥
upalabhya śanaiḥ saṃjñāṃ taṃ me śaṃsitumarhasi | yena tvaṃ durvinītena vane vikramya nirjitā ||
English Translation
Recovering by degrees your sense, it behoves you to tell me what individual it was of execrable character, who by his prowess, half humbled you in the forest.
VR 3.18.10 अनुष्टुप्
इति भ्रातुर्वचः श्रुत्वा क्रुद्धस्य च विशेषतः । ततः शूर्पणखा वाक्यं सबाष्पमिदमब्रवीत् ॥
iti bhrāturvacaḥ śrutvā kruddhasya ca viśeṣataḥ | tataḥ śūrpaṇakhā vākyaṃ sabāṣpamidamabravīt ||
English Translation
Hearing these words of his brother, who was under the influence of extreme rage, Sūrpanakhā with tears in her eyes, said.
VR 3.18.11 अनुष्टुप्
तरुणौ रूपसंपन्नौ सुकूमारौ महाबलौ । पुण्डरीकविशालाक्षौ चीरकृष्णाजिनाम्बरौ ॥
taruṇau rūpasaṃpannau sukūmārau mahābalau | puṇḍarīkaviśālākṣau cīrakṛṣṇājināmbarau ||
English Translation
Here are two young sons of Dasaratha, Rama and Lakshmana, who are gentle, handsome, strong, with eyes like white lotus, wearing deerskin and bark robes, living on fruits and roots, selfrestrained like ascetics and following the righteous path.
VR 3.18.12 अनुष्टुप्
गन्धर्वराजप्रतिमौ पार्थिवव्यञ्जनान्वितौ । देवौ वा मानुषौ वा तौ न तर्कयितुमुत्सहे ॥
gandharvarājapratimau pārthivavyañjanānvitau | devau vā mānuṣau vā tau na tarkayitumutsahe ||
English Translation
They are kings of the gandharvas with all royal insignia. I was not able to discern whether they are gods or humans.
VR 3.18.13 अनुष्टुप्
तरुणी रूपसंपन्ना सर्वाभरणभूषिता । दृष्टा तत्र मया नारी तयोर्मध्ये सुमध्यमा ॥
taruṇī rūpasaṃpannā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā | dṛṣṭā tatra mayā nārī tayormadhye sumadhyamā ||
English Translation
And between them I saw there a youthful female furnished with grace, and having a dainty waist; adorned with every kind of ornament.
VR 3.18.14 अनुष्टुप्
ताभ्यामुभाभ्यां संभूय प्रमदामधिकृत्य ताम् । इमामवस्थां नीताहं यथानाथासती तथा ॥
tābhyāmubhābhyāṃ saṃbhūya pramadāmadhikṛtya tām | imāmavasthāṃ nītāhaṃ yathānāthāsatī tathā ||
English Translation
And it is on account of this feinale that I have like one unchaste and uncared for, have come by this condition at their hands.
VR 3.18.15 अनुष्टुप्
तस्याश्चानृजुवृत्तायास्तयोश्च हतयोरहम् । सफेनं पातुमिच्छामि रुधिरं रणमूर्धनि ॥
tasyāścānṛjuvṛttāyāstayośca hatayoraham | saphenaṃ pātumicchāmi rudhiraṃ raṇamūrdhani ||
English Translation
Nor I wish in the midst of encounter to drink the frothy blood of that crooked one as well as those two slain (in battle).
VR 3.18.16 अनुष्टुप्
एष मे प्रथमः कामः कृतस्तात त्वया भवेत् । तस्यास्तयोश्च रुधिरं पिबेयमहमाहवे ॥
eṣa me prathamaḥ kāmaḥ kṛtastāta tvayā bhavet | tasyāstayośca rudhiraṃ pibeyamahamāhave ||
English Translation
Let this my prime wish be crowned there with fruition. her and their blood will I drink in dreadful conflict.
VR 3.18.17 अनुष्टुप्
इति तस्यां ब्रुवाणायां चतुर्दश महाबलान् । व्यादिदेश खरः क्रुद्धो राक्षसानन्तकोपमान् ॥
iti tasyāṃ bruvāṇāyāṃ caturdaśa mahābalān | vyādideśa kharaḥ kruddho rākṣasānantakopamān ||
English Translation
As she was speaking, the inflamed Khara ordered fourteen very strong demons, comparable to Yama, the god of death, to proceed.
VR 3.18.18 अनुष्टुप्
मानुषौ शस्त्रसंपन्नौ चीरकृष्णाजिनाम्बरौ । प्रविष्टौ दण्डकारण्यं घोरं प्रमदया सह ॥
mānuṣau śastrasaṃpannau cīrakṛṣṇājināmbarau | praviṣṭau daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ ghoraṃ pramadayā saha ||
English Translation
Two human beings equipped with weapons, clad in bark robes and deerskin have entered the dreadful Dandaka forest along with a woman of bewitching beauty.
VR 3.18.19 अनुष्टुप्
तौ हत्वा तां च दुर्वृत्तामुपावर्तितुमर्हथ । इयं च रुधिरं तेषां भगिनी मम पास्यति ॥
tau hatvā tāṃ ca durvṛttāmupāvartitumarhatha | iyaṃ ca rudhiraṃ teṣāṃ bhaginī mama pāsyati ||
English Translation
I want you to get both of them along with that notorious woman killed. This sister of mine will drink their blood.
VR 3.18.20 अनुष्टुप्
मनोरथोऽयमिष्टोऽस्या भगिन्या मम राक्षसाः । शीघ्रं संपद्यतां गत्वा तौ प्रमथ्य स्वतेजसा ॥
manoratho'yamiṣṭo'syā bhaginyā mama rākṣasāḥ | śīghraṃ saṃpadyatāṃ gatvā tau pramathya svatejasā ||
English Translation
You Rākşasas, even this is my sister's dear desire. Repairing thither, specdily accomplish this, bearing them down by your native might.
VR 3.18.21 अनुष्टुप्
इति प्रतिसमादिष्टा राक्षसास्ते चतुर्दश । तत्र जग्मुस्तया सार्धं घना वातेरिता यथा ॥
iti pratisamādiṣṭā rākṣasāste caturdaśa | tatra jagmustayā sārdhaṃ ghanā vāteritā yathā ||
English Translation
Thus commissioned, those fourteen Räksasas set out there like clouds driven by the winds, accompanied by Śürpanakhā.
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