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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 3 (Araṇyakāṇḍa) • Sarga 37

Araṇyakāṇḍa Sarga 37

अरण्यकाण्डम् • सर्गः 37

Araṇyakāṇḍa Sarga 37 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 20 verses.

Total: 20 Verses • Citations: VR 3.37.1–20 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 3.37.1 अनुष्टुप्
एवमस्मि तदा मुक्तः कथंचित्तेन संयुगे । इदानीमपि यद्वृत्तं तच्छृणुष्व यदुत्तरम् ॥
evamasmi tadā muktaḥ kathaṃcittena saṃyuge | idānīmapi yadvṛttaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva yaduttaram ||
English Translation
I Was however somehow saved by Rāma in that conflict. Listen what happened afterwards.
VR 3.37.2 अनुष्टुप्
राक्षसाभ्यामहं द्वाभ्यामनिर्विण्णस्तथा कृतः । सहितो मृगरूपाभ्यां प्रविष्टो दण्डकावनम् ॥
rākṣasābhyāmahaṃ dvābhyāmanirviṇṇastathā kṛtaḥ | sahito mṛgarūpābhyāṃ praviṣṭo daṇḍakāvanam ||
English Translation
I was not humbled even by the danger of my life. Once again I entered the forest of Dandaka accompanied by two Rākşasas assuming the shape of deer.
VR 3.37.3 अनुष्टुप्
दीप्तजिह्वो महाकायस्तीक्ष्णशृण्गो महाबलः । व्यचरन्दण्डकारण्यं मांसभक्षो महामृगः ॥
dīptajihvo mahākāyastīkṣṇaśṛṇgo mahābalaḥ | vyacarandaṇḍakāraṇyaṃ māṃsabhakṣo mahāmṛgaḥ ||
English Translation
I wandered in Dandaka forest in the form of a huge animal with a big and strong body, a flaming red tongue and sharp teeth feeding on flesh.
VR 3.37.4 अनुष्टुप्
अग्निहोत्रेषु तीर्थेषु चैत्यवृक्षेषु रावण । अत्यन्तघोरो व्यचरंस्तापसांस्तान्प्रधर्षयन् ॥
agnihotreṣu tīrtheṣu caityavṛkṣeṣu rāvaṇa | atyantaghoro vyacaraṃstāpasāṃstānpradharṣayan ||
English Translation
O Ravana, assuming a very dreadful form, I wandered about sacrificial spots, sacred places, river banks, under huge trees planted at quadranglestorturing the ascetics.
VR 3.37.5 अनुष्टुप्
निहत्य दण्डकारण्ये तापसान्धर्मचारिणः । रुधिराणि पिबंस्तेषां तथा मांसानि भक्षयन् ॥
nihatya daṇḍakāraṇye tāpasāndharmacāriṇaḥ | rudhirāṇi pibaṃsteṣāṃ tathā māṃsāni bhakṣayan ||
English Translation
O demon what benefit will you get by killing the venerable ascetics, followers of righteous path residing in Dandaka forest?
VR 3.37.6 अनुष्टुप्
ऋषिमांसाशनः क्रूरस्त्रासयन्वनगोचरान् । तदा रुधिरमत्तोऽहं व्यचरं दण्डकावनम् ॥
ṛṣimāṃsāśanaḥ krūrastrāsayanvanagocarān | tadā rudhiramatto'haṃ vyacaraṃ daṇḍakāvanam ||
English Translation
I had a most ugly figure and was maddened with drinking blood, and all the animals of the forest were exceedingly frightened at me.
VR 3.37.7 अनुष्टुप्
तदाहं दण्डकारण्ये विचरन्धर्मदूषकः । आसादयं तदा रामं तापसं धर्ममाश्रितम् ॥
tadāhaṃ daṇḍakāraṇye vicarandharmadūṣakaḥ | āsādayaṃ tadā rāmaṃ tāpasaṃ dharmamāśritam ||
English Translation
While I was thus traversing the forest of Dandaka throwing obstacles in the way of religious services I saw the pious ascetic Răma living on a restricted fare, the honoured Sītā and the mighty Lakşmaņa, taking recourse to asceticism, moderate in eating and ever engaged in the welfare of created beings.
VR 3.37.8 अनुष्टुप्
वैदेहीं च महाभागां लक्ष्मणं च महारथम् । तापसं नियताहारं सर्वभूतहिते रतम् ॥
vaidehīṃ ca mahābhāgāṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahāratham | tāpasaṃ niyatāhāraṃ sarvabhūtahite ratam ||
English Translation
While I was thus traversing the forest of Dandaka throwing obstacles in the way of religious services I saw the pious ascetic Răma living on a restricted fare, the honoured Sītā and the mighty Lakşmaņa, taking recourse to asceticism, moderate in eating and ever engaged in the welfare of created beings.
VR 3.37.9 अनुष्टुप्
सोऽहं वनगतं रामं परिभूय महाबलम् । तापसोऽयमिति ज्ञात्वा पूर्ववैरमनुस्मरन् ॥
so'haṃ vanagataṃ rāmaṃ paribhūya mahābalam | tāpaso'yamiti jñātvā pūrvavairamanusmaran ||
English Translation
Remembering his former enmity and aggrandisement, I, being extremely wrathful, in my deer shape and with my sharpened horns, darted towards him with a view to kill him, considering through my ignorance the effulgent Rāma as none other but an ascetic living in the forest.
VR 3.37.10 अनुष्टुप्
अभ्यधावं सुसंक्रुद्धस्तीक्ष्णशृङ्गो मृगाकृतिः । जिघांसुरकृतप्रज्ञस्तं प्रहारमनुस्मरन् ॥
abhyadhāvaṃ susaṃkruddhastīkṣṇaśṛṅgo mṛgākṛtiḥ | jighāṃsurakṛtaprajñastaṃ prahāramanusmaran ||
English Translation
Remembering his former enmity and aggrandisement, I, being extremely wrathful, in my deer shape and with my sharpened horns, darted towards him with a view to kill him, considering through my ignorance the effulgent Rāma as none other but an ascetic living in the forest.
VR 3.37.11 अनुष्टुप्
तेन मुक्तास्त्रयो बाणाः शिताः शत्रुनिबर्हणाः । विकृष्य बलवच्चापं सुपर्णानिलतुल्यगाः ॥
tena muktāstrayo bāṇāḥ śitāḥ śatrunibarhaṇāḥ | vikṛṣya balavaccāpaṃ suparṇānilatulyagāḥ ||
English Translation
His mighty bow drawn, Rama released three sharp darts that came whizzing like Garuda or the wind. They could destroy the enemy.
VR 3.37.12 अनुष्टुप्
ते बाणा वज्रसंकाशाः सुघोरा रक्तभोजनाः । आजग्मुः सहिताः सर्वे त्रयः संनतपर्वणः ॥
te bāṇā vajrasaṃkāśāḥ sughorā raktabhojanāḥ | ājagmuḥ sahitāḥ sarve trayaḥ saṃnataparvaṇaḥ ||
English Translation
Then stringing his huge bow he darted three sharpened arrows at me. Those three terrible arrows with bent knots resembling thunderbolts, killing enemies and drinking blood and having the motion of Garuda and air, coalescing with each other came before us.
VR 3.37.13 अनुष्टुप्
पराक्रमज्ञो रामस्य शठो दृष्टभयः पुरा । समुत्क्रान्तस्ततो मुक्तस्तावुभौ राक्षसौ हतौ ॥
parākramajño rāmasya śaṭho dṛṣṭabhayaḥ purā | samutkrāntastato muktastāvubhau rākṣasau hatau ||
English Translation
Wicked as I am, I was fully aware of his prowess having been frightened by him on a former occasion, and so I saved myself by escaping, but those two Raksasas were killed.
VR 3.37.14 अनुष्टुप्
शरेण मुक्तो रामस्य कथंचित्प्राप्य जीवितम् । इह प्रव्राजितो युक्तस्तापसोऽहं समाहितः ॥
śareṇa mukto rāmasya kathaṃcitprāpya jīvitam | iha pravrājito yuktastāpaso'haṃ samāhitaḥ ||
English Translation
O Rāvana, any how saved from the arrows of Rāma and having got my life back I have resorted to the life of an ascetic and have been carrying on asceticism here being absorbed in Yoga.
VR 3.37.15 अनुष्टुप्
वृक्षे वृक्षे हि पश्यामि चीरकृष्णाजिनाम्बरम् । गृहीतधनुषं रामं पाशहस्तमिवान्तकम् ॥
vṛkṣe vṛkṣe hi paśyāmi cīrakṛṣṇājināmbaram | gṛhītadhanuṣaṃ rāmaṃ pāśahastamivāntakam ||
English Translation
From that very day I see Rāma wearing bark and deerskin even in the very trees before me like to Death with the noose in his hands.
VR 3.37.16 अनुष्टुप्
अपि रामसहस्राणि भीतः पश्यामि रावण । रामभूतमिदं सर्वमरण्यं प्रतिभाति मे ॥
api rāmasahasrāṇi bhītaḥ paśyāmi rāvaṇa | rāmabhūtamidaṃ sarvamaraṇyaṃ pratibhāti me ||
English Translation
Terrified as I am I always see thousands of Rāma around me. Me seems the entire forest is inhabited by Rāma only.
VR 3.37.17 अनुष्टुप्
राममेव हि पश्यामि रहिते राक्षसेश्वर । दृष्ट्वा स्वप्नगतं राममुद्भ्रमामि विचेतनः ॥
rāmameva hi paśyāmi rahite rākṣaseśvara | dṛṣṭvā svapnagataṃ rāmamudbhramāmi vicetanaḥ ||
English Translation
O king of Räksasas, I see Rāma even in the quarter where there is no Rāma. Seeing him in my dreams even I look around like one awaken.
VR 3.37.18 अनुष्टुप्
रकारादीनि नामानि रामत्रस्तस्य रावण । रत्नानि च रथाश्चैव त्रासं संजनयन्ति मे ॥
rakārādīni nāmāni rāmatrastasya rāvaṇa | ratnāni ca rathāścaiva trāsaṃ saṃjanayanti me ||
English Translation
O Rāvana what more shall I speak to you, I am so much afraid of Rāma that such words as Ratna (jewel), Ratha (chariot) which begin with the letter Ra administer consternation to me.
VR 3.37.19 उपजातिः
अहं तस्य प्रभावज्ञो न युद्धं तेन ते क्षमम् । रणे रामेण युध्यस्व क्षमां वा कुरु राक्षस । न ते रामकथा कार्या यदि मां द्रष्टुमिच्छसि ॥
ahaṃ tasya prabhāvajño na yuddhaṃ tena te kṣamam | raṇe rāmeṇa yudhyasva kṣamāṃ vā kuru rākṣasa | na te rāmakathā kāryā yadi māṃ draṣṭumicchasi ||
English Translation
O Rāvana, whether do you fight with Rāma or not, do not mention him to me if do you wish to see me.
VR 3.37.20 वंशस्थम्
इदं वचो बन्धुहितार्थिना मया; यथोच्यमानं यदि नाभिपत्स्यसे । सबान्धवस्त्यक्ष्यसि जीवितं रणे; हतोऽद्य रामेण शरैरजिह्मगैः ॥
idaṃ vaco bandhuhitārthinā mayā; yathocyamānaṃ yadi nābhipatsyase | sabāndhavastyakṣyasi jīvitaṃ raṇe; hato'dya rāmeṇa śarairajihmagaiḥ ||
English Translation
You are my friend; it is for this and for your welfare that I speak this truth to you. If do you not follow my words, yourself with all your kinsmen, shall be slain in battle by Rāma.
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