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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 5 (Sundarakāṇḍa) • Sarga 25

Sundarakāṇḍa Sarga 25

सुन्दरकाण्डम् • सर्गः 25

Sundarakāṇḍa Sarga 25 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 38 verses.

Total: 38 Verses • Citations: VR 5.25.1–38 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 5.25.1 अनुष्टुप्
इत्युक्ताः सीतया घोरं राक्षस्यः क्रोधमूर्छिताः । काश्चिज्जग्मुस्तदाख्यातुं रावणस्य तरस्विनः ॥
ityuktāḥ sītayā ghoraṃ rākṣasyaḥ krodhamūrchitāḥ | kāścijjagmustadākhyātuṃ rāvaṇasya tarasvinaḥ ||
English Translation
Being thus addressed angrily by Sītā, some of those Raksasis, beside themselves with ire, proceeded to relate this to the vicious-souled Ravana.
VR 5.25.2 अनुष्टुप्
ततः सीतामुपागम्य राक्षस्यो घोरदर्शनाः । पुनः परुषमेकार्थमनर्थार्थमथाब्रुवन् ॥
tataḥ sītāmupāgamya rākṣasyo ghoradarśanāḥ | punaḥ paruṣamekārthamanarthārthamathābruvan ||
English Translation
And approaching Sītā that terrible host, almost faint with ire, addressed Vaidehī with the following harsh words.
VR 5.25.3 अनुष्टुप्
हन्तेदानीं तवानार्ये सीते पापविनिश्चये । राक्षस्यो भक्षयिष्यन्ति मांसमेतद्यथासुखम् ॥
hantedānīṃ tavānārye sīte pāpaviniścaye | rākṣasyo bhakṣayiṣyanti māṃsametadyathāsukham ||
English Translation
O vile Sītă, O you bent on committing sin, we Rākşasīs shall today devour your flesh to the best of our satisfaction.
VR 5.25.4 अनुष्टुप्
सीतां ताभिरनार्याभिर्दृष्ट्वा संतर्जितां तदा । राक्षसी त्रिजटावृद्धा शयाना वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥
sītāṃ tābhiranāryābhirdṛṣṭvā saṃtarjitāṃ tadā | rākṣasī trijaṭāvṛddhā śayānā vākyamabravīt ||
English Translation
Beholding those vile demons threaten Sītā, a Raksasa matron, wise and old, named, Trijata cried.
VR 5.25.5 अनुष्टुप्
आत्मानं खादतानार्या न सीतां भक्षयिष्यथ । जनकस्य सुतामिष्टां स्नुषां दशरथस्य च ॥
ātmānaṃ khādatānāryā na sītāṃ bhakṣayiṣyatha | janakasya sutāmiṣṭāṃ snuṣāṃ daśarathasya ca ||
English Translation
O vile demons, do youeat your own persons (The proper expression, I think, should be-“Eat me.” The commentator Rāmānuja explains Atmanam as your own bodies.) but do not devour Sītā, the daughter of Janaka and the esteemed daughter-in-law of the king Dasaratha.
VR 5.25.6 अनुष्टुप्
स्वप्नो ह्यद्य मया दृष्टो दारुणो रोमहर्षणः । राक्षसानामभावाय भर्तुरस्या भवाय च ॥
svapno hyadya mayā dṛṣṭo dāruṇo romaharṣaṇaḥ | rākṣasānāmabhāvāya bharturasyā bhavāya ca ||
English Translation
I dreamt a terrible dream last night which made my down stand on their end. And in that dream I foresaw the overthrow of the Rāksasa race and the conquest of her husband.
VR 5.25.7 अनुष्टुप्
एवमुक्तास्त्रिजटया राक्षस्यः क्रोधमूर्छिताः । सर्वा एवाब्रुवन्भीतास्त्रिजटां तामिदं वचः ॥
evamuktāstrijaṭayā rākṣasyaḥ krodhamūrchitāḥ | sarvā evābruvanbhītāstrijaṭāṃ tāmidaṃ vacaḥ ||
English Translation
And being thus addressed by Trijatā, those demons, exercised with wrath and terrified, accosted her with the following words.
VR 5.25.8 अनुष्टुप्
कथयस्व त्वया दृष्टः स्वप्नेऽयं कीदृशो निशि ॥
kathayasva tvayā dṛṣṭaḥ svapne'yaṃ kīdṛśo niśi ||
VR 5.25.9 अनुष्टुप्
तासां श्रुत्वा तु वचनं राक्षसीनां मुखोद्गतम् । उवाच वचनं काले त्रिजटास्वप्नसंश्रितम् ॥
tāsāṃ śrutvā tu vacanaṃ rākṣasīnāṃ mukhodgatam | uvāca vacanaṃ kāle trijaṭāsvapnasaṃśritam ||
English Translation
"Do you relate (to us) what sort of dream didst you dream last night." And hearing those words proceeding from the mouths of the Rākşasīs, Trijatā began to describe the dream she had at the latter end of the night,
VR 5.25.10 अनुष्टुप्
गजदन्तमयीं दिव्यां शिबिकामन्तरिक्षगाम् । युक्तां वाजिसहस्रेण स्वयमास्थाय राघवः ॥
gajadantamayīṃ divyāṃ śibikāmantarikṣagām | yuktāṃ vājisahasreṇa svayamāsthāya rāghavaḥ ||
English Translation
I saw Rāma, wearing garlands and clothed in white, ride in a celestial chariot, along with Lakşmaņa, made of ivory, traversing the etherial regions and drawn by a hundred steeds.
VR 5.25.11 उपजातिः
स्वप्ने चाद्य मया दृष्टा सीता शुक्लाम्बरावृता । सागरेण परिक्षिप्तं श्वेतपर्वतमास्थिता । रामेण संगता सीता भास्करेण प्रभा यथा ॥
svapne cādya mayā dṛṣṭā sītā śuklāmbarāvṛtā | sāgareṇa parikṣiptaṃ śvetaparvatamāsthitā | rāmeṇa saṃgatā sītā bhāskareṇa prabhā yathā ||
English Translation
I saw in my dream to-night, that Sītā, clad in the purest white, appearing on a snow-white hill beaten by the waves of the ocean, had at last met Rāma, like to light joined to the Sun.
VR 5.25.12 अनुष्टुप्
राघवश्च मया दृष्टश्चतुर्दन्तं महागजम् । आरूढः शैलसंकाशं चचार सहलक्ष्मणः ॥
rāghavaśca mayā dṛṣṭaścaturdantaṃ mahāgajam | ārūḍhaḥ śailasaṃkāśaṃ cacāra sahalakṣmaṇaḥ ||
English Translation
I again saw Rāma and Lakşmaņa appear in effulgence, seated on a huge elephant, having four tusks and resembling a bull.
VR 5.25.13 अनुष्टुप्
ततस्तौ नरशार्दूलौ दीप्यमानौ स्वतेजसा । शुक्लमाल्याम्बरधरौ जानकीं पर्युपस्थितौ ॥
tatastau naraśārdūlau dīpyamānau svatejasā | śuklamālyāmbaradharau jānakīṃ paryupasthitau ||
English Translation
Thereupon those two (brothers), resplendent like to the Sun by their own effulgence, and wearing white garlands and clothes, appeared near Janaka's daughter.
VR 5.25.14 अनुष्टुप्
ततस्तस्य नगस्याग्रे आकाशस्थस्य दन्तिनः । भर्त्रा परिगृहीतस्य जानकी स्कन्धमाश्रिता ॥
tatastasya nagasyāgre ākāśasthasya dantinaḥ | bhartrā parigṛhītasya jānakī skandhamāśritā ||
English Translation
"Then from the front of the mountain Janaki shifted to the back of the elephant held by her husband waiting in the sky.
VR 5.25.15 अनुष्टुप्
भर्तुरङ्कात्समुत्पत्य ततः कमललोचना । चन्द्रसूर्यौ मया दृष्टा पाणिभ्यां परिमार्जती ॥
bharturaṅkātsamutpatya tataḥ kamalalocanā | candrasūryau mayā dṛṣṭā pāṇibhyāṃ parimārjatī ||
English Translation
And the lotus-eyed Jānakī, on the top of the hill situate on the welkin, first fell on the lap of her husband and then stationed herself on the neck of the elephant guided by her husband. Then I saw Sītā rubbing the Sun and the Moon with her two hands.
VR 5.25.16 अनुष्टुप्
ततस्ताभ्यां कुमाराभ्यामास्थितः स गजोत्तमः । सीतया च विशालाक्ष्या लङ्काया उपरि स्थितः ॥
tatastābhyāṃ kumārābhyāmāsthitaḥ sa gajottamaḥ | sītayā ca viśālākṣyā laṅkāyā upari sthitaḥ ||
English Translation
Then that best of the elephants, with those two princes and the large eyed Sītā on him, stood high above Lanka. I again saw Rāma, clad in white, and adorned with garlands, ride along with Lakşmaņa in a chariot drawn by eight white bullocks.
VR 5.25.17 उपजातिः
पाण्डुरर्षभयुक्तेन रथेनाष्टयुजा स्वयम् । शुक्लमाल्याम्बरधरो लक्ष्मणेन समागतः । लक्ष्मणेन सह भ्रात्रा सीतया सह भार्यया ॥
pāṇḍurarṣabhayuktena rathenāṣṭayujā svayam | śuklamālyāmbaradharo lakṣmaṇena samāgataḥ | lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā sītayā saha bhāryayā ||
English Translation
"Rama accompanied by his wife Sita came on a chariot yoked to eight white oxen.
VR 5.25.18 अनुष्टुप्
विमानात्पुष्पकादद्य रावणः पतितो भुवि । कृष्यपाणः स्त्रिया दृष्टो मुण्डः कृष्णाम्बरः पुनः ॥
vimānātpuṣpakādadya rāvaṇaḥ patito bhuvi | kṛṣyapāṇaḥ striyā dṛṣṭo muṇḍaḥ kṛṣṇāmbaraḥ punaḥ ||
English Translation
"Tonight I saw (in another dream) Ravana with shaven head, clad in black clothes, fallen down on the ground from the Pushpaka chariot, being dragged by a woman.
VR 5.25.19 अनुष्टुप्
रथेन खरयुक्तेन रक्तमाल्यानुलेपनः । प्रयातो दक्षिणामाशां प्रविष्टः कर्दमं ह्रदम् ॥
rathena kharayuktena raktamālyānulepanaḥ | prayāto dakṣiṇāmāśāṃ praviṣṭaḥ kardamaṃ hradam ||
VR 5.25.20 अनुष्टुप्
कण्ठे बद्ध्वा दशग्रीवं प्रमदा रक्तवासिनी । काली कर्दमलिप्ताङ्गी दिशं याम्यां प्रकर्षति ॥
kaṇṭhe baddhvā daśagrīvaṃ pramadā raktavāsinī | kālī kardamaliptāṅgī diśaṃ yāmyāṃ prakarṣati ||
VR 5.25.21 अनुष्टुप्
वराहेण दशग्रीवः शिंशुमारेण चेन्द्रजित् । उष्ट्रेण कुम्भकर्णश्च प्रयातो दक्षिणां दिशम् ॥
varāheṇa daśagrīvaḥ śiṃśumāreṇa cendrajit | uṣṭreṇa kumbhakarṇaśca prayāto dakṣiṇāṃ diśam ||
English Translation
"The tennecked Ravana was seen (this time) riding on a boar, Indrajit on a crocodile and Kumbhakarna on a camel all set towards the southerly direction.
VR 5.25.22 अनुष्टुप्
समाजश्च महान्वृत्तो गीतवादित्रनिःस्वनः । पिबतां रक्तमाल्यानां रक्षसां रक्तवाससाम् ॥
samājaśca mahānvṛtto gītavāditraniḥsvanaḥ | pibatāṃ raktamālyānāṃ rakṣasāṃ raktavāsasām ||
English Translation
And there was audible in the large assembly sound of music and stringed instruments. And all the Rākşasa wearing crimson clothes and garlands, were quaffing oil, I saw the royal and picturesque city Lankā with her steeds, cars and elephants, drowned in the ocean, having her gateways and ornamented arches broken.
VR 5.25.23 अनुष्टुप्
लङ्का चेयं पुरी रम्या सवाजिरथसंकुला । सागरे पतिता दृष्टा भग्नगोपुरतोरणा ॥
laṅkā ceyaṃ purī ramyā savājirathasaṃkulā | sāgare patitā dṛṣṭā bhagnagopuratoraṇā ||
English Translation
"I saw this delightful Lanka teeming with horses, chariots and elephants, archways and towers crumbling and falling into the ocean.
VR 5.25.24 अनुष्टुप्
पीत्व तैलं प्रनृत्ताश्च प्रहसन्त्यो महास्वनाः । लङ्कायां भस्मरूक्षायां सर्वा राक्षसयोषितः ॥
pītva tailaṃ pranṛttāśca prahasantyo mahāsvanāḥ | laṅkāyāṃ bhasmarūkṣāyāṃ sarvā rākṣasayoṣitaḥ ||
English Translation
And in Lanka, covered with dust, Raksasa women laughing and making terrible sound, were engaged in quaffing oil.
VR 5.25.25 अनुष्टुप्
कुम्भकर्णादयश्चेमे सर्वे राक्षसपुंगवाः । रक्तं निवसनं गृह्य प्रविष्टा गोमयह्रदे ॥
kumbhakarṇādayaśceme sarve rākṣasapuṃgavāḥ | raktaṃ nivasanaṃ gṛhya praviṣṭā gomayahrade ||
English Translation
I saw all the leading Raksasas-Kumbhakarņā and others, dark-hued and wearing crimson clothes, emerged in an abyss of cow dung.
VR 5.25.26 अनुष्टुप्
अपगच्छत नश्यध्वं सीतामाप्नोति राघवः । घातयेत्परमामर्षी सर्वैः सार्धं हि राक्षसैः ॥
apagacchata naśyadhvaṃ sītāmāpnoti rāghavaḥ | ghātayetparamāmarṣī sarvaiḥ sārdhaṃ hi rākṣasaiḥ ||
English Translation
Do youtherefore fly at some distance, and will find that Rāghava shall regain Sītā. And exercised with ire he shall destroy you all along with the Raksasas.
VR 5.25.27 अनुष्टुप्
प्रियां बहुमतां भार्यां वनवासमनुव्रताम् । भर्त्सितां तर्जितां वापि नानुमंस्यति राघवः ॥
priyāṃ bahumatāṃ bhāryāṃ vanavāsamanuvratām | bhartsitāṃ tarjitāṃ vāpi nānumaṃsyati rāghavaḥ ||
English Translation
Rāghava shall never brook, his esteemed and beloved spouse, living in the forest, being taunted and threatened by you.
VR 5.25.28 अनुष्टुप्
तदलं क्रूरवाक्यैर्वः सान्त्वमेवाभिधीयताम् । अभियाचाम वैदेहीमेतद्धि मम रोचते ॥
tadalaṃ krūravākyairvaḥ sāntvamevābhidhīyatām | abhiyācāma vaidehīmetaddhi mama rocate ||
English Translation
No more with rough words therefore; do you console the lady and humbly pray her to forgive you. This I think proper.
VR 5.25.29 अनुष्टुप्
यस्या ह्येवं विधः स्वप्नो दुःखितायाः प्रदृश्यते । सा दुःखैर्बहुभिर्मुक्ता प्रियं प्राप्नोत्यनुत्तमम् ॥
yasyā hyevaṃ vidhaḥ svapno duḥkhitāyāḥ pradṛśyate | sā duḥkhairbahubhirmuktā priyaṃ prāpnotyanuttamam ||
English Translation
Surely shall she, divested of misfortune, he reconciled to her beloved and excellent husband, regarding whom, in her misery, I have dreamt such a dream.
VR 5.25.30 अनुष्टुप्
भर्त्सितामपि याचध्वं राक्षस्यः किं विवक्षया । राघवाद्धि भयं घोरं राक्षसानामुपस्थितम् ॥
bhartsitāmapi yācadhvaṃ rākṣasyaḥ kiṃ vivakṣayā | rāghavāddhi bhayaṃ ghoraṃ rākṣasānāmupasthitam ||
English Translation
YouRaksasis! You have threatened her, do youimplore her forgiveness—no more with harsh words. Forsooth, from Rāghava shall proceed the mighty disaster of the Rākṣasas.
VR 5.25.31 अनुष्टुप्
प्रणिपात प्रसन्ना हि मैथिली जनकात्मजा । अलमेषा परित्रातुं राक्षस्यो महतो भयात् ॥
praṇipāta prasannā hi maithilī janakātmajā | alameṣā paritrātuṃ rākṣasyo mahato bhayāt ||
English Translation
If Maithili, the daughter of the king Janaka, be pleased with you (for your imploring her forgiveness) you might be saved from the mighty disaster.
VR 5.25.32 अनुष्टुप्
अपि चास्या विशालाक्ष्या न किंचिदुपलक्षये । विरुद्धमपि चाङ्गेषु सुसूक्ष्ममपि लक्ष्मणम् ॥
api cāsyā viśālākṣyā na kiṃcidupalakṣaye | viruddhamapi cāṅgeṣu susūkṣmamapi lakṣmaṇam ||
English Translation
I do not perceive any inauspicious mark on the person of this large-eyed dame. It appears from the paleness of her countenance that she has been overcome by misfortune.
VR 5.25.33 अनुष्टुप्
छाया वैगुण्य मात्रं तु शङ्के दुःखमुपस्थितम् । अदुःखार्हामिमां देवीं वैहायसमुपस्थिताम् ॥
chāyā vaiguṇya mātraṃ tu śaṅke duḥkhamupasthitam | aduḥkhārhāmimāṃ devīṃ vaihāyasamupasthitām ||
English Translation
And I saw in my dreams) this worshipful damsel, unworthy of any misfortune, stationed in the welkin.
VR 5.25.34 अनुष्टुप्
अर्थसिद्धिं तु वैदेह्याः पश्याम्यहमुपस्थिताम् । राक्षसेन्द्रविनाशं च विजयं राघवस्य च ॥
arthasiddhiṃ tu vaidehyāḥ paśyāmyahamupasthitām | rākṣasendravināśaṃ ca vijayaṃ rāghavasya ca ||
English Translation
Verily I do perceive, before me, the satisfaction of Vaidehi's end, the destruction of the lord of the Rākşasas and the conquest of Raghava.
VR 5.25.35 अनुष्टुप्
निमित्तभूतमेतत्तु श्रोतुमस्या महत्प्रियम् । दृश्यते च स्फुरच्चक्षुः पद्मपत्रमिवायतम् ॥
nimittabhūtametattu śrotumasyā mahatpriyam | dṛśyate ca sphuraccakṣuḥ padmapatramivāyatam ||
English Translation
Behold! there, her left eye, spacious, as a lotus-petals, is dancing to hear this pleasant dream announcing the satisfaction of her own end. And her left arm is also dancing with joy, all on a sudden.
VR 5.25.36 अनुष्टुप्
ईषच्च हृषितो वास्या दक्षिणाया ह्यदक्षिणः । अकस्मादेव वैदेह्या बाहुरेकः प्रकम्पते ॥
īṣacca hṛṣito vāsyā dakṣiṇāyā hyadakṣiṇaḥ | akasmādeva vaidehyā bāhurekaḥ prakampate ||
English Translation
Behold! there, her left eye, spacious, as a lotus-petals, is dancing to hear this pleasant dream announcing the satisfaction of her own end. And her left arm is also dancing with joy, all on a sudden.
VR 5.25.37 अनुष्टुप्
करेणुहस्तप्रतिमः सव्यश्चोरुरनुत्तमः । वेपन्सूचयतीवास्या राघवं पुरतः स्थितम् ॥
kareṇuhastapratimaḥ savyaścoruranuttamaḥ | vepansūcayatīvāsyā rāghavaṃ purataḥ sthitam ||
English Translation
And her excellent beautiful left thigh, resembling the trunk of an elephant, is also dancing as if indicating, that she shall at no distant date, be reconciled to Rāghava.
VR 5.25.38 उपजातिः
पक्षी च शाखा निलयं प्रविष्टः; पुनः पुनश्चोत्तमसान्त्ववादी । सुखागतां वाचमुदीरयाणः; पुनः पुनश्चोदयतीव हृष्टः ॥
pakṣī ca śākhā nilayaṃ praviṣṭaḥ; punaḥ punaścottamasāntvavādī | sukhāgatāṃ vācamudīrayāṇaḥ; punaḥ punaścodayatīva hṛṣṭaḥ ||
English Translation
And the birds, again and again, entering their nests, and highly delighted are pouring forth their notes announcing the advent of a happy occasion.
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