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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 3 (Araṇyakāṇḍa) • Sarga 39

Araṇyakāṇḍa Sarga 39

अरण्यकाण्डम् • सर्गः 39

Araṇyakāṇḍa Sarga 39 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 20 verses.

Total: 20 Verses • Citations: VR 3.39.1–20 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 3.39.1 अनुष्टुप्
आज्ञप्तो राजवद्वाक्यं प्रतिकूलं निशाचरः । अब्रवीत्परुषं वाक्यं मारीचो राक्षसाधिपम् ॥
ājñapto rājavadvākyaṃ pratikūlaṃ niśācaraḥ | abravītparuṣaṃ vākyaṃ mārīco rākṣasādhipam ||
English Translation
Being thus commended by Rāvana like a king to act against his will Mārica fearlessly addressed the lord of the Rākṣasas with the following bold words.
VR 3.39.2 अनुष्टुप्
केनायमुपदिष्टस्ते विनाशः पापकर्मणा । सपुत्रस्य सराष्ट्रस्य सामात्यस्य निशाचर ॥
kenāyamupadiṣṭaste vināśaḥ pāpakarmaṇā | saputrasya sarāṣṭrasya sāmātyasya niśācara ||
English Translation
What person of impious deeds has advised you ( ranger of the night thus in order to exterminate you with your kingdom, counsellors and children?
VR 3.39.3 अनुष्टुप्
कस्त्वया सुखिना राजन्नाभिनन्दति पापकृत् । केनेदमुपदिष्टं ते मृत्युद्वारमुपायतः ॥
kastvayā sukhinā rājannābhinandati pāpakṛt | kenedamupadiṣṭaṃ te mṛtyudvāramupāyataḥ ||
English Translation
Who of a vicious heart, O King, dose not feel himself happy at your welfare? Who has pointed out to you the way of your death under the cover of your means?
VR 3.39.4 अनुष्टुप्
शत्रवस्तव सुव्यक्तं हीनवीर्या निशाचर । इच्छन्ति त्वां विनश्यन्तमुपरुद्धं बलीयसा ॥
śatravastava suvyaktaṃ hīnavīryā niśācara | icchanti tvāṃ vinaśyantamuparuddhaṃ balīyasā ||
English Translation
O Ranger of night surely do your weak enemies wish to bring about your destruction by making you enter into a conflict with a powerful man.
VR 3.39.5 अनुष्टुप्
केनेदमुपदिष्टं ते क्षुद्रेणाहितवादिना । यस्त्वामिच्छति नश्यन्तं स्वकृतेन निशाचर ॥
kenedamupadiṣṭaṃ te kṣudreṇāhitavādinā | yastvāmicchati naśyantaṃ svakṛtena niśācara ||
English Translation
What little-minded man of evil intent has counselled you thus? O Ranger of night, really do they desire that you do bring destruction upon yourself by your own actions.
VR 3.39.6 अनुष्टुप्
वध्याः खलु न हन्यन्ते सचिवास्तव रावण । ये त्वामुत्पथमारूढं न निगृह्णन्ति सर्वशः ॥
vadhyāḥ khalu na hanyante sacivāstava rāvaṇa | ye tvāmutpathamārūḍhaṃ na nigṛhṇanti sarvaśaḥ ||
English Translation
You do not exterminate your counsellors O Rāvana, albeit they are worthy of being destroyed. For they do not prevent these entirely from your evil course.
VR 3.39.7 अनुष्टुप्
अमात्यैः कामवृत्तो हि राजा कापथमाश्रितः । निग्राह्यः सर्वथा सद्भिर्न निग्राह्यो निगृह्यसे ॥
amātyaiḥ kāmavṛtto hi rājā kāpathamāśritaḥ | nigrāhyaḥ sarvathā sadbhirna nigrāhyo nigṛhyase ||
English Translation
Wise counsellors do always restrain a king who wends a vicious track being guided by his impulses and passions; but about you they are quite unmindful, though you should by every means be brought under restraint.
VR 3.39.8 अनुष्टुप्
धर्ममर्थं च कामं च यशश्च जयतां वर । स्वामिप्रसादात्सचिवाः प्राप्नुवन्ति निशाचर ॥
dharmamarthaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca yaśaśca jayatāṃ vara | svāmiprasādātsacivāḥ prāpnuvanti niśācara ||
English Translation
O you the best of conquerors, O you the ranger of high, ministers by the grace of their sovereign attain virtue, wealth, desires and fame.
VR 3.39.9 अनुष्टुप्
विपर्यये तु तत्सर्वं व्यर्थं भवति रावण । व्यसनं स्वामिवैगुण्यात्प्राप्नुवन्तीतरे जनाः ॥
viparyaye tu tatsarvaṃ vyarthaṃ bhavati rāvaṇa | vyasanaṃ svāmivaiguṇyātprāpnuvantītare janāḥ ||
English Translation
But those objects are never attained O Rāvana when they are not in good odour with their sovereign; moreover the subjects meet with dangers when he is devoid of all qualities.
VR 3.39.10 अनुष्टुप्
राजमूलो हि धर्मश्च जयश्च जयतां वर । तस्मात्सर्वास्ववस्थासु रक्षितव्यो नराधिपः ॥
rājamūlo hi dharmaśca jayaśca jayatāṃ vara | tasmātsarvāsvavasthāsu rakṣitavyo narādhipaḥ ||
English Translation
O you the best of conquerors, the king is the root of virtue and fame to the subjects; he should therefore be always protected by them.
VR 3.39.11 अनुष्टुप्
राज्यं पालयितुं शक्यं न तीक्ष्णेन निशाचर । न चापि प्रतिकूलेन नाविनीतेन राक्षस ॥
rājyaṃ pālayituṃ śakyaṃ na tīkṣṇena niśācara | na cāpi pratikūlena nāvinītena rākṣasa ||
English Translation
O ranger of night, proud kings of cruel temperament, acting against the subjects can never administer their kingdoms.
VR 3.39.12 अनुष्टुप्
ये तीक्ष्णमन्त्राः सचिवा भज्यन्ते सह तेन वै । विषमेषु रथाः शीघ्रं मन्दसारथयो यथा ॥
ye tīkṣṇamantrāḥ sacivā bhajyante saha tena vai | viṣameṣu rathāḥ śīghraṃ mandasārathayo yathā ||
English Translation
So do the ministers of cruel counsel meet with their end like to a chariot driven into a wild track by an unskilled charioteer.
VR 3.39.13 अनुष्टुप्
बहवः साधवो लोके युक्तधर्ममनुष्ठिताः । परेषामपराधेन विनष्टाः सपरिच्छदाः ॥
bahavaḥ sādhavo loke yuktadharmamanuṣṭhitāḥ | pareṣāmaparādhena vinaṣṭāḥ saparicchadāḥ ||
English Translation
Many persons pious and devoted to asceticism on this earth have met with destruction for another's misdeeds.
VR 3.39.14 अनुष्टुप्
स्वामिना प्रतिकूलेन प्रजास्तीक्ष्णेन रावण । रक्ष्यमाणा न वर्धन्ते मेषा गोमायुना यथा ॥
svāminā pratikūlena prajāstīkṣṇena rāvaṇa | rakṣyamāṇā na vardhante meṣā gomāyunā yathā ||
English Translation
Verily the subjects, O Ravana, can never expect to prosper under the regime of hotnatured sovereigns acting against their subjects like to deer under the protection of a jackal.
VR 3.39.15 अनुष्टुप्
अवश्यं विनशिष्यन्ति सर्वे रावण राक्षसाः । येषां त्वं कर्कशो राजा दुर्बुद्धिरजितेन्द्रियः ॥
avaśyaṃ vinaśiṣyanti sarve rāvaṇa rākṣasāḥ | yeṣāṃ tvaṃ karkaśo rājā durbuddhirajitendriyaḥ ||
English Translation
All the Rākşasas shall surely die, O Rāvana whose lord are you, foolish, cruel and under the control of your passions.
VR 3.39.16 अनुष्टुप्
तदिदं काकतालीयं घोरमासादितं त्वया । अत्र किं शोभनं यत्त्वं ससैन्यो विनशिष्यसि ॥
tadidaṃ kākatālīyaṃ ghoramāsāditaṃ tvayā | atra kiṃ śobhanaṃ yattvaṃ sasainyo vinaśiṣyasi ||
English Translation
I shall not be the least sorry if I do meet with a sudden accident—what I do deplore most is that you shall meet in no time with destruction along with your soldiery.
VR 3.39.17 अनुष्टुप्
मां निहत्य तु रामोऽसौ नचिरात्त्वां वधिष्यति । अनेन कृतकृत्योऽस्मि म्रिये यदरिणा हतः ॥
māṃ nihatya tu rāmo'sau nacirāttvāṃ vadhiṣyati | anena kṛtakṛtyo'smi mriye yadariṇā hataḥ ||
English Translation
Compassing my end Rāma shall exterminate you in no time and blessed I shall be being killed by an enemy in the conflict.
VR 3.39.18 अनुष्टुप्
दर्शनादेव रामस्य हतं मामुपधारय । आत्मानं च हतं विद्धि हृत्वा सीतां सबान्धवम् ॥
darśanādeva rāmasya hataṃ māmupadhāraya | ātmānaṃ ca hataṃ viddhi hṛtvā sītāṃ sabāndhavam ||
English Translation
Surely do you know that no sooner shall I see Rāma I shall be done away with; you shall carrying away Sītā meet with your end along with your kinsmen.
VR 3.39.19 अनुष्टुप्
आनयिष्यसि चेत्सीतामाश्रमात्सहितो मया । नैव त्वमसि नैवाहं नैव लङ्का न राक्षसाः ॥
ānayiṣyasi cetsītāmāśramātsahito mayā | naiva tvamasi naivāhaṃ naiva laṅkā na rākṣasāḥ ||
English Translation
And if do you bring Şītā with me from the asylum, none shall be saved, me, yourself, the city of Lankā and the Rākşasas.
VR 3.39.20 वंशस्थम्
निवार्यमाणस्तु मया हितैषिणा; न मृष्यसे वाक्यमिदं निशाचर । परेतकल्पा हि गतायुषो नरा; हितं न गृह्णन्ति सुहृद्भिरीरितम् ॥
nivāryamāṇastu mayā hitaiṣiṇā; na mṛṣyase vākyamidaṃ niśācara | paretakalpā hi gatāyuṣo narā; hitaṃ na gṛhṇanti suhṛdbhirīritam ||
English Translation
You do not relish my words O ranger of the night though prevented by me, who wishes you welfare; those men who range on the verge of death, well-nigh finishing the term of their existence do not receive with good grace the counsels of friends.
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