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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 5 (Sundarakāṇḍa) • Sarga 7

Sundarakāṇḍa Sarga 7

सुन्दरकाण्डम् • सर्गः 7

Sundarakāṇḍa Sarga 7 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 69 verses.

Total: 69 Verses • Citations: VR 5.7.1–69 • 175 Lexicon Terms • Page 3 of 3 (Verses 9 shown)
VR 5.7.61 अनुष्टुप्
लतानां माधवे मासि फुल्लानां वायुसेवनात् । अन्योन्यमालाग्रथितं संसक्तकुसुमोच्चयम् ॥
latānāṃ mādhave māsi phullānāṃ vāyusevanāt | anyonyamālāgrathitaṃ saṃsaktakusumoccayam ||
English Translation
That multitude of females in a mediey appeared like an assemblage of blooming plants in the month of Caitra,* with its wreaths formed in consequence of their coming in contact with one another, and of its clusters touching each other, on account of the breeze blowing; with the plants encircling the graceful (necks of the trees), and rife with Bhramaras chasing each other. 'March-April.
VR 5.7.62 अनुष्टुप्
व्यतिवेष्टितसुस्कन्थमन्योन्यभ्रमराकुलम् । आसीद्वनमिवोद्धूतं स्त्रीवनं रावणस्य तत् ॥
vyativeṣṭitasuskanthamanyonyabhramarākulam | āsīdvanamivoddhūtaṃ strīvanaṃ rāvaṇasya tat ||
English Translation
That multitude of females in a mediey appeared like an assemblage of blooming plants in the month of Caitra,* with its wreaths formed in consequence of their coming in contact with one another, and of its clusters touching each other, on account of the breeze blowing; with the plants encircling the graceful (necks of the trees), and rife with Bhramaras chasing each other. 'March-April.
VR 5.7.63 अनुष्टुप्
उचितेष्वपि सुव्यक्तं न तासां योषितां तदा । विवेकः शक्य आधातुं भूषणाङ्गाम्बरस्रजाम् ॥
uciteṣvapi suvyaktaṃ na tāsāṃ yoṣitāṃ tadā | vivekaḥ śakya ādhātuṃ bhūṣaṇāṅgāmbarasrajām ||
English Translation
Although the ornaments of those women wearing ornaments, attires and wreaths, were put on proper places; yet (on account of the profusion of the ornaments themselves, as well as because of the circumstance of the dames sleeping, * it was difficult to ascertain which ornament belonged to one damsel and which to another. *In consequence also, remarks the commentator, of the uniformity running through the ornaments, as well as of the close contact of the persons of the ladies.
VR 5.7.64 अनुष्टुप्
रावणे सुखसंविष्टे ताः स्त्रियो विविधप्रभाः । ज्वलन्तः काञ्चना दीपाः प्रेक्षन्तानिमिषा इव ॥
rāvaṇe sukhasaṃviṣṭe tāḥ striyo vividhaprabhāḥ | jvalantaḥ kāñcanā dīpāḥ prekṣantānimiṣā iva ||
English Translation
It seemed as if, Rāvana having attained rest (through sleep), the flaming golden lamps furnished with various rays, were gazing at the girls with winkless eyes.
VR 5.7.65 अनुष्टुप्
राजर्षिपितृदैत्यानां गन्धर्वाणां च योषितः । रक्षसां चाभवन्कन्यास्तस्य कामवशं गताः ॥
rājarṣipitṛdaityānāṃ gandharvāṇāṃ ca yoṣitaḥ | rakṣasāṃ cābhavankanyāstasya kāmavaśaṃ gatāḥ ||
English Translation
Daughters of Rajarsis, of Vipras, of Daityas, of Gandharvas, and of Rākşasas, having come under the influence of desire, had become his wives.
VR 5.7.66 उपजातिः
न तत्र काचित्प्रमदा प्रसह्य; वीर्योपपन्नेन गुणेन लब्धा । न चान्यकामापि न चान्यपूर्वा; विना वरार्हां जनकात्मजां तु ॥
na tatra kācitpramadā prasahya; vīryopapannena guṇena labdhā | na cānyakāmāpi na cānyapūrvā; vinā varārhāṃ janakātmajāṃ tu ||
English Translation
There was no woman there, who had been won by force by (Rāvana), possessed as he was of prowess; but they had all been subdued by his qualities. And save the surpassingly worthy daughter of Janaka, no female (had been brought), who had set her heart on another, or who had known any other before.
VR 5.7.67 उपजातिः
न चाकुलीना न च हीनरूपा; नादक्षिणा नानुपचार युक्ता । भार्याभवत्तस्य न हीनसत्त्वा; न चापि कान्तस्य न कामनीया ॥
na cākulīnā na ca hīnarūpā; nādakṣiṇā nānupacāra yuktā | bhāryābhavattasya na hīnasattvā; na cāpi kāntasya na kāmanīyā ||
English Translation
There was none who, being his wife, was not of high extraction; none who was defective in grace; none who was not an object of desire of her lover.
VR 5.7.68 उपेन्द्रवज्रा
बभूव बुद्धिस्तु हरीश्वरस्य; यदीदृशी राघवधर्मपत्नी । इमा यथा राक्षसराजभार्याः; सुजातमस्येति हि साधुबुद्धेः ॥
babhūva buddhistu harīśvarasya; yadīdṛśī rāghavadharmapatnī | imā yathā rākṣasarājabhāryāḥ; sujātamasyeti hi sādhubuddheḥ ||
English Translation
as The lord of monkeys endowed with uprightness of sense, thought, “If the righteously wedded wife of Rāghava were one of the wives of the king of the Rākṣasas, it would well for him."
VR 5.7.69 उपजातिः
पुनश्च सोऽचिन्तयदार्तरूपो; ध्रुवं विशिष्टा गुणतो हि सीता । अथायमस्यां कृतवान्महात्मा; लङ्केश्वरः कष्टमनार्यकर्म ॥
punaśca so'cintayadārtarūpo; dhruvaṃ viśiṣṭā guṇato hi sītā | athāyamasyāṃ kṛtavānmahātmā; laṅkeśvaraḥ kaṣṭamanāryakarma ||
English Translation
Again reflected he, “Sītā is crowned with chastity and other virtues; and the powerful lord of Lankā, assuming an illusory form, has with much ado perpetrated this ignominious act.”
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