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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 6 (Yuddhakāṇḍa) • Sarga 14

Yuddhakāṇḍa Sarga 14

युद्धकाण्डम् • सर्गः 14

Yuddhakāṇḍa Sarga 14 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 21 verses.

Total: 21 Verses • Citations: VR 6.14.1–21 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 6.14.1 अनुष्टुप्
तस्य रामस्य सुप्तस्य कुशास्तीर्णे महीतले । नियमादप्रमत्तस्य निशास्तिस्रोऽतिचक्रमुः ॥
tasya rāmasya suptasya kuśāstīrṇe mahītale | niyamādapramattasya niśāstisro'ticakramuḥ ||
English Translation
As Rāma slept on the earth on Kuśa spread over, without ever swerving from the rule, three nights passed away.
VR 6.14.2 अनुष्टुप्
न च दर्शयते मन्दस्तदा रामस्य सागरः । प्रयतेनापि रामेण यथार्हमभिपूजितः ॥
na ca darśayate mandastadā rāmasya sāgaraḥ | prayatenāpi rāmeṇa yathārhamabhipūjitaḥ ||
English Translation
Though Rama remained selfrestrained and respected the ocean well according to propriety, the ocean was dull and did not show its real form.
VR 6.14.3 अनुष्टुप्
समुद्रस्य ततः क्रुद्धो रामो रक्तान्तलोचनः । समीपस्थमुवाचेदं लक्ष्मणं शुभलक्ष्मणम् ॥
samudrasya tataḥ kruddho rāmo raktāntalocanaḥ | samīpasthamuvācedaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ śubhalakṣmaṇam ||
English Translation
Thereat Răma grew enraged and had the corners of his eyes crimsoned; and he spank to Laksmana of auspicious marks, saying.
VR 6.14.4 अनुष्टुप्
पश्य तावदनार्यस्य पूज्यमानस्य लक्ष्मण । अवलेपं समुद्रस्य न दर्शयति यत्स्वयम् ॥
paśya tāvadanāryasya pūjyamānasya lakṣmaṇa | avalepaṃ samudrasya na darśayati yatsvayam ||
VR 6.14.5 अनुष्टुप्
प्रशमश्च क्षमा चैव आर्जवं प्रियवादिता । असामर्थ्यं फलन्त्येते निर्गुणेषु सतां गुणाः ॥
praśamaśca kṣamā caiva ārjavaṃ priyavāditā | asāmarthyaṃ phalantyete nirguṇeṣu satāṃ guṇāḥ ||
English Translation
Behold the hauteur of the Ocean in not presenting himself before Calmness, forbearance, candour, and soft speech-these virtues of the good are by the insolent taken for the effects of incompetency.
VR 6.14.6 अनुष्टुप्
आत्मप्रशंसिनं दुष्टं धृष्टं विपरिधावकम् । सर्वत्रोत्सृष्टदण्डं च लोकः सत्कुरुते नरम् ॥
ātmapraśaṃsinaṃ duṣṭaṃ dhṛṣṭaṃ viparidhāvakam | sarvatrotsṛṣṭadaṇḍaṃ ca lokaḥ satkurute naram ||
English Translation
The person' that is self-laudatory, wicked and badly-bold, publish his own praise and met out chastisement everywhere, is honoured in the world. 1. The word, however, is naram (ac.), man. 2. i.e. indiscriminately.
VR 6.14.7 अनुष्टुप्
न साम्ना शक्यते कीर्तिर्न साम्ना शक्यते यशः । प्राप्तुं लक्ष्मण लोकेऽस्मिञ्जयो वा रणमूधनि ॥
na sāmnā śakyate kīrtirna sāmnā śakyate yaśaḥ | prāptuṃ lakṣmaṇa loke'smiñjayo vā raṇamūdhani ||
English Translation
By moderation one cannot attain celebrity, by moderation one cannot attain fame, and, O Lakşmaņa, in this world by moderation one cannot attain victory on the edge of battle.* *Ranamārdhani, 'The perilous edge of battle when it raged.'
VR 6.14.8 अनुष्टुप्
अद्य मद्बाणनिर्भिन्नैर्मकरैर्मकरालयम् । निरुद्धतोयं सौमित्रे प्लवद्भिः पश्य सर्वतः ॥
adya madbāṇanirbhinnairmakarairmakarālayam | niruddhatoyaṃ saumitre plavadbhiḥ paśya sarvataḥ ||
English Translation
See, O Sumitrā's son, the abode of Makaras, with his waters obstructed all around with Makaras destroyed by my shafts. O Laksmana, see the bodies here of serpents, and the huge on bodies of mighty fishes, and the trunks of elephants, torn by my arrows.
VR 6.14.9 अनुष्टुप्
महाभोगानि मत्स्यानां करिणां च करानिह । भोगांश्च पश्य नागानां मया भिन्नानि लक्ष्मण ॥
mahābhogāni matsyānāṃ kariṇāṃ ca karāniha | bhogāṃśca paśya nāgānāṃ mayā bhinnāni lakṣmaṇa ||
English Translation
"Lakshmana See here the coils of serpents, huge snakes, fish and large sea elephants cut into pieces by me."
VR 6.14.10 अनुष्टुप्
सशङ्खशुक्तिका जालं समीनमकरं शरैः । अद्य युद्धेन महता समुद्रं परिशोषये ॥
saśaṅkhaśuktikā jālaṃ samīnamakaraṃ śaraiḥ | adya yuddhena mahatā samudraṃ pariśoṣaye ||
English Translation
To day in terrible battle will I dry up the Ocean with conchs and oysters, and fishes and Makaras.
VR 6.14.11 अनुष्टुप्
क्षमया हि समायुक्तं मामयं मकरालयः । असमर्थं विजानाति धिक्क्षमामीदृशे जने ॥
kṣamayā hi samāyuktaṃ māmayaṃ makarālayaḥ | asamarthaṃ vijānāti dhikkṣamāmīdṛśe jane ||
English Translation
"By my being tolerant, this ocean treats me to be incapable. Endowed with such qualities of forbearance, I will show the people (ocean)."
VR 6.14.12 अनुष्टुप्
चापमानय सौमित्रे शरांश्चाशीविषोपमान् । अद्याक्षोभ्यमपि क्रुद्धः क्षोभयिष्यामि सागरम् ॥
cāpamānaya saumitre śarāṃścāśīviṣopamān | adyākṣobhyamapi kruddhaḥ kṣobhayiṣyāmi sāgaram ||
VR 6.14.13 अनुष्टुप्
वेलासु कृतमर्यादं सहसोर्मिसमाकुलम् । निर्मर्यादं करिष्यामि सायकैर्वरुणालयम् ॥
velāsu kṛtamaryādaṃ sahasormisamākulam | nirmaryādaṃ kariṣyāmi sāyakairvaruṇālayam ||
English Translation
"(The ocean) Having made me angry, now I will torment the ocean even though it is imperturbable and has its limits. I will torment the ocean with its thousands of waves and mighty demons by my arrows and make the ocean cross its boundary."
VR 6.14.14 अनुष्टुप्
एवमुक्त्वा धनुष्पाणिः क्रोधविस्फारितेक्षणः । बभूव रामो दुर्धर्षो युगान्ताग्निरिव ज्वलन् ॥
evamuktvā dhanuṣpāṇiḥ krodhavisphāritekṣaṇaḥ | babhūva rāmo durdharṣo yugāntāgniriva jvalan ||
English Translation
Having spoken you, Rāma, equipped with his bow, with his eyes dilated in wrath, became exceedingly irrepressible, like to the flaming fire at the final dissolution.
VR 6.14.15 अनुष्टुप्
संपीड्य च धनुर्घोरं कम्पयित्वा शरैर्जगत् । मुमोच विशिखानुग्रान्वज्राणीव शतक्रतुः ॥
saṃpīḍya ca dhanurghoraṃ kampayitvā śarairjagat | mumoca viśikhānugrānvajrāṇīva śatakratuḥ ||
English Translation
And straining his dreadful bow, making the earth shake, tremulously, he let fly fierce shafts like him of an hundred sacrifices hurling his thunder-bolt.
VR 6.14.16 अनुष्टुप्
ते ज्वलन्तो महावेगास्तेजसा सायकोत्तमाः । प्रविशन्ति समुद्रस्य सलिलं त्रस्तपन्नगम् ॥
te jvalanto mahāvegāstejasā sāyakottamāḥ | praviśanti samudrasya salilaṃ trastapannagam ||
English Translation
Thereat, flaming up, those vehement choice shafts surcharged with energy, enter into the waters of the sea, with its serpents afflicted with fear.
VR 6.14.17 अनुष्टुप्
ततो वेगः समुद्रस्य सनक्रमकरो महान् । संबभूव महाघोरः समारुतरवस्तदा ॥
tato vegaḥ samudrasya sanakramakaro mahān | saṃbabhūva mahāghoraḥ samārutaravastadā ||
English Translation
Then great and exceedingly dreadful was the motion of the sea, with fishes and Makaras, and with the roar of the winds (blowing there).
VR 6.14.18 अनुष्टुप्
महोर्मिमालाविततः शङ्खशुक्तिसमाकुलः । सधूमपरिवृत्तोर्मिः सहसाभून्महोदधिः ॥
mahormimālāvitataḥ śaṅkhaśuktisamākulaḥ | sadhūmaparivṛttormiḥ sahasābhūnmahodadhiḥ ||
English Translation
On a sudden the mighty deep was heaving with mighty surges, with conchs scattered about, and a smoke (enveloped) the ocean; and the billows became visible on all sides.
VR 6.14.19 अनुष्टुप्
व्यथिताः पन्नगाश्चासन्दीप्तास्या दीप्तलोचनाः । दानवाश्च महावीर्याः पातालतलवासिनः ॥
vyathitāḥ pannagāścāsandīptāsyā dīptalocanāḥ | dānavāśca mahāvīryāḥ pātālatalavāsinaḥ ||
English Translation
The serpents were distressed, with their faces flaming and their eyes aglow; as well as the Dānavas of terrific energy, and the dwellers of the nether spheres.
VR 6.14.20 अनुष्टुप्
ऊर्मयः सिन्धुराजस्य सनक्रमकरास्तदा । विन्ध्यमन्दरसंकाशाः समुत्पेतुः सहस्रशः ॥
ūrmayaḥ sindhurājasya sanakramakarāstadā | vindhyamandarasaṃkāśāḥ samutpetuḥ sahasraśaḥ ||
English Translation
Billows of the sovran Ocean, resembling Vindhya or Mandara, containing crocodiles and Makaras, sprang up by thousands.
VR 6.14.21 अनुष्टुप्
आघूर्णिततरङ्गौघः संभ्रान्तोरगराक्षसः । उद्वर्तित महाग्राहः संवृत्तः सलिलाशयः ॥
āghūrṇitataraṅgaughaḥ saṃbhrāntoragarākṣasaḥ | udvartita mahāgrāhaḥ saṃvṛttaḥ salilāśayaḥ ||
English Translation
Varuņa's abode had its surges whirling its serpents and Räkşasas seized with affright, and its ferocious aquatic animals borne all around; and it sent forth sounds.
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