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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 5 (Sundarakāṇḍa) • Sarga 26

Sundarakāṇḍa Sarga 26

सुन्दरकाण्डम् • सर्गः 26

Sundarakāṇḍa Sarga 26 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 20 verses.

Total: 20 Verses • Citations: VR 5.26.1–20 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 5.26.1 इन्द्रवज्रा
सा राक्षसेन्द्रस्य वचो निशम्य; तद्रावणस्याप्रियमप्रियार्ता । सीता वितत्रास यथा वनान्ते; सिंहाभिपन्ना गजराजकन्या ॥
sā rākṣasendrasya vaco niśamya; tadrāvaṇasyāpriyamapriyārtā | sītā vitatrāsa yathā vanānte; siṃhābhipannā gajarājakanyā ||
English Translation
Hearing those unpleasant words of Rāvana, the lord of Rāksasas, Sītā, racked with sorrow on account of her husband, became terrified, like to a she-elephant, worsted by a lion on the skirt of a forest.
VR 5.26.2 इन्द्रवज्रा
सा राक्षसी मध्यगता च भीरु;र्वाग्भिर्भृशं रावणतर्जिता च । कान्तारमध्ये विजने विसृष्टा; बालेव कन्या विललाप सीता ॥
sā rākṣasī madhyagatā ca bhīru;rvāgbhirbhṛśaṃ rāvaṇatarjitā ca | kāntāramadhye vijane visṛṣṭā; bāleva kanyā vilalāpa sītā ||
English Translation
Threatened by Rāvana and encircled by the Rākşasīs, that timid damsel bewailed like a girl cast off in a lonely forest.
VR 5.26.3 इन्द्रवज्रा
सत्यं बतेदं प्रवदन्ति लोके; नाकालमृत्युर्भवतीति सन्तः । यत्राहमेवं परिभर्त्स्यमाना; जीवामि किंचित्क्षणमप्यपुण्या ॥
satyaṃ batedaṃ pravadanti loke; nākālamṛtyurbhavatīti santaḥ | yatrāhamevaṃ paribhartsyamānā; jīvāmi kiṃcitkṣaṇamapyapuṇyā ||
English Translation
Truly the sages say that death in this world dose not come untimely. Or else would I have, vicious as I am, lived for a moment, being thus sorely threatened.
VR 5.26.4 उपजातिः
सुखाद्विहीनं बहुदुःखपूर्ण;मिदं तु नूनं हृदयं स्थिरं मे । विदीर्यते यन्न सहस्रधाद्य; वज्राहतं शृङ्गमिवाचलस्य ॥
sukhādvihīnaṃ bahuduḥkhapūrṇa;midaṃ tu nūnaṃ hṛdayaṃ sthiraṃ me | vidīryate yanna sahasradhādya; vajrāhataṃ śṛṅgamivācalasya ||
English Translation
Forsooth, my mind, divested of happiness and full of misery, is firin or else why is it not broken in sunder like to the summit of a hill clapped by a thunderbolt.
VR 5.26.5 उपजातिः
नैवास्ति नूनं मम दोषमत्र; वध्याहमस्याप्रियदर्शनस्य । भावं न चास्याहमनुप्रदातु;मलं द्विजो मन्त्रमिवाद्विजाय ॥
naivāsti nūnaṃ mama doṣamatra; vadhyāhamasyāpriyadarśanasya | bhāvaṃ na cāsyāhamanupradātu;malaṃ dvijo mantramivādvijāya ||
English Translation
Nor am I to blame for this. I am worthy of being killed by this demon of uncomely presence. As a Brāhmaṇa cannot impart instructions in Vedas to the people of other castes so I shall not confer my mind on Rāvana.
VR 5.26.6 इन्द्रवज्रा
नूनं ममाङ्गान्यचिरादनार्यः; शस्त्रैः शितैश्छेत्स्यति राक्षसेन्द्रः । तस्मिन्ननागच्छति लोकनाथे; गर्भस्थजन्तोरिव शल्यकृन्तः ॥
nūnaṃ mamāṅgānyacirādanāryaḥ; śastraiḥ śitaiśchetsyati rākṣasendraḥ | tasminnanāgacchati lokanāthe; garbhasthajantoriva śalyakṛntaḥ ||
English Translation
"If the lord of the world does not come here before that (time fixed by Ravana) the vile lord of demons will cut me into pieces with weapons just as a barber would cut to pieces the foetus with a sharp knife (in order to save a pregnant woman).
VR 5.26.7 इन्द्रवज्रा
दुःखं बतेदं मम दुःखिताया; मासौ चिरायाभिगमिष्यतो द्वौ । बद्धस्य वध्यस्य यथा निशान्ते; राजापराधादिव तस्करस्य ॥
duḥkhaṃ batedaṃ mama duḥkhitāyā; māsau cirāyābhigamiṣyato dvau | baddhasya vadhyasya yathā niśānte; rājāparādhādiva taskarasya ||
English Translation
Two months shall pass away in no time and I shall have to suffer the pain of death, overwhelmed with sorrow as I am, like to a thief, confined in stocks, at the command of the sovereign to receive death the next morning.
VR 5.26.8 उपजातिः
हा राम हा लक्ष्मण हा सुमित्रे; हा राम मातः सह मे जनन्या । एषा विपद्याम्यहमल्पभाग्या; महार्णवे नौरिव मूढ वाता ॥
hā rāma hā lakṣmaṇa hā sumitre; hā rāma mātaḥ saha me jananyā | eṣā vipadyāmyahamalpabhāgyā; mahārṇave nauriva mūḍha vātā ||
English Translation
O Rama! O Laksmana! O Sumitra! O Rama's mother! O my mothers! I am worsted in this ocean of grief, like to a bark, driven hither and thither by the blast, in the midst of an ocean.
VR 5.26.9 उपजातिः
तरस्विनौ धारयता मृगस्य; सत्त्वेन रूपं मनुजेन्द्रपुत्रौ । नूनं विशस्तौ मम कारणात्तौ; सिंहर्षभौ द्वाविव वैद्युतेन ॥
tarasvinau dhārayatā mṛgasya; sattvena rūpaṃ manujendraputrau | nūnaṃ viśastau mama kāraṇāttau; siṃharṣabhau dvāviva vaidyutena ||
English Translation
Verily for me, those two powerful, lion-like sons of the king, have been killed by (this demon) effulgent like the lightning and assuming the semblance of a deer.
VR 5.26.10 इन्द्रवज्रा
नूनं स कालो मृगरूपधारी; मामल्पभाग्यां लुलुभे तदानीम् । यत्रार्यपुत्रं विससर्ज मूढा; रामानुजं लक्ष्मणपूर्वकं च ॥
nūnaṃ sa kālo mṛgarūpadhārī; māmalpabhāgyāṃ lulubhe tadānīm | yatrāryaputraṃ visasarja mūḍhā; rāmānujaṃ lakṣmaṇapūrvakaṃ ca ||
English Translation
Unfortunate as I am, forsooth I was tempted then by death wearing the shape of a deer and thus foolishly lost Rāma and Lakşmana, the sons of the worshipful sire.
VR 5.26.11 इन्द्रवज्रा
हा राम सत्यव्रत दीर्घवाहो; हा पूर्णचन्द्रप्रतिमानवक्त्र । हा जीवलोकस्य हितः प्रियश्च; वध्यां न मां वेत्सि हि राक्षसानाम् ॥
hā rāma satyavrata dīrghavāho; hā pūrṇacandrapratimānavaktra | hā jīvalokasya hitaḥ priyaśca; vadhyāṃ na māṃ vetsi hi rākṣasānām ||
English Translation
O Rāma, O you of truthful vows, O you of long arms, O you having the countenance of a full moon! O my life! engaged as you are in the welfare of the people, do you not perceive that I am about to be killed by the Rākşasas.
VR 5.26.12 उपजातिः
अनन्यदेवत्वमियं क्षमा च; भूमौ च शय्या नियमश्च धर्मे । पतिव्रतात्वं विफलं ममेदं; कृतं कृतघ्नेष्विव मानुषाणाम् ॥
ananyadevatvamiyaṃ kṣamā ca; bhūmau ca śayyā niyamaśca dharme | pativratātvaṃ viphalaṃ mamedaṃ; kṛtaṃ kṛtaghneṣviva mānuṣāṇām ||
English Translation
Alas! this my devotedness to my husband, my forgiveness, my lying down on the bare earth, my observance of religious vows, my wife-like virtues, are lost like to service done for an ungrateful wight.
VR 5.26.13 उपजातिः
मोघो हि धर्मश्चरितो ममायं; तथैकपत्नीत्वमिदं निरर्थम् । या त्वां न पश्यामि कृशा विवर्णा; हीना त्वया संगमने निराशा ॥
mogho hi dharmaścarito mamāyaṃ; tathaikapatnītvamidaṃ nirartham | yā tvāṃ na paśyāmi kṛśā vivarṇā; hīnā tvayā saṃgamane nirāśā ||
English Translation
In vain are my pious rites, and in vain is my devotedness to my husband since I do not behold you, am pale and feeble in your absence and have given up all hopes of seeing you.
VR 5.26.14 उपजातिः
पितुर्निर्देशं नियमेन कृत्वा; वनान्निवृत्तश्चरितव्रतश्च । स्त्रीभिस्तु मन्ये विपुलेक्षणाभिः; संरंस्यसे वीतभयः कृतार्थः ॥
piturnirdeśaṃ niyamena kṛtvā; vanānnivṛttaścaritavrataśca | strībhistu manye vipulekṣaṇābhiḥ; saṃraṃsyase vītabhayaḥ kṛtārthaḥ ||
English Translation
And duly satisfying your sire's command, and returning successfully from the forest, you shall fearlessly sport with many a damsel having large eyes.
VR 5.26.15 उपजातिः
अहं तु राम त्वयि जातकामा; चिरं विनाशाय निबद्धभावा । मोघं चरित्वाथ तपोव्रतं च; त्यक्ष्यामि धिग्जीवितमल्पभाग्या ॥
ahaṃ tu rāma tvayi jātakāmā; ciraṃ vināśāya nibaddhabhāvā | moghaṃ caritvātha tapovrataṃ ca; tyakṣyāmi dhigjīvitamalpabhāgyā ||
English Translation
(But for me) O Rama, I was for my own destruction, devoted, soul and heart, to you. Oh! fruitless is my asceticism and wifely virtue! Oh fie on me! I shall renounce this my unfortunate life.
VR 5.26.16 उपजातिः
सा जीवितं क्षिप्रमहं त्यजेयं; विषेण शस्त्रेण शितेन वापि । विषस्य दाता न तु मेऽस्ति कश्चि;च्छस्त्रस्य वा वेश्मनि राक्षसस्य ॥
sā jīvitaṃ kṣipramahaṃ tyajeyaṃ; viṣeṇa śastreṇa śitena vāpi | viṣasya dātā na tu me'sti kaści;cchastrasya vā veśmani rākṣasasya ||
English Translation
I desire to do away speedily with my being by means of poison or a sharp weapon. But there is no one in this city of the Rākşasas, who bring me this poison or weapon.
VR 5.26.17 उपजातिः
शोकाभितप्ता बहुधा विचिन्त्य; सीताथ वेण्युद्ग्रथनं गृहीत्वा । उद्बध्य वेण्युद्ग्रथनेन शीघ्र;महं गमिष्यामि यमस्य मूलम् ॥
śokābhitaptā bahudhā vicintya; sītātha veṇyudgrathanaṃ gṛhītvā | udbadhya veṇyudgrathanena śīghra;mahaṃ gamiṣyāmi yamasya mūlam ||
English Translation
"Burning in grief, worrying in many ways, Sita took hold of her braid and said", by tying myself with this braid I shall quickly reach the presence of the lord of death".
VR 5.26.18 उपजातिः
इतीव सीता बहुधा विलप्य; सर्वात्मना राममनुस्मरन्ती । प्रवेपमाना परिशुष्कवक्त्रा; नगोत्तमं पुष्पितमाससाद ॥
itīva sītā bahudhā vilapya; sarvātmanā rāmamanusmarantī | pravepamānā pariśuṣkavaktrā; nagottamaṃ puṣpitamāsasāda ||
English Translation
Bewailing thus in various accents, and remembering Rāma with all her heart, Sītā, having her countenance dried up, and trembling, got at the biggest tree enveloped with flowers. And thinking thus, Sītā, stricken with grief, took up in her hand, her braid of hair and thought—"I shall soon hang myself with this braid and reach the abode of Death."
VR 5.26.19 उपजातिः
उपस्थिता सा मृदुर्सर्वगात्री; शाखां गृहीत्वाथ नगस्य तस्य । तस्यास्तु रामं प्रविचिन्तयन्त्या; रामानुजं स्वं च कुलं शुभाङ्ग्याः ॥
upasthitā sā mṛdursarvagātrī; śākhāṃ gṛhītvātha nagasya tasya | tasyāstu rāmaṃ pravicintayantyā; rāmānujaṃ svaṃ ca kulaṃ śubhāṅgyāḥ ||
VR 5.26.20 उपजातिः
शोकानिमित्तानि तदा बहूनि; धैर्यार्जितानि प्रवराणि लोके । प्रादुर्निमित्तानि तदा बभूवुः; पुरापि सिद्धान्युपलक्षितानि ॥
śokānimittāni tadā bahūni; dhairyārjitāni pravarāṇi loke | prādurnimittāni tadā babhūvuḥ; purāpi siddhānyupalakṣitāni ||
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