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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 3 (Araṇyakāṇḍa) • Sarga 43

Araṇyakāṇḍa Sarga 43

अरण्यकाण्डम् • सर्गः 43

Araṇyakāṇḍa Sarga 43 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 37 verses.

Total: 37 Verses • Citations: VR 3.43.1–37 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 3.43.1 अनुष्टुप्
आर्तस्वरं तु तं भर्तुर्विज्ञाय सदृशं वने । उवाच लक्ष्मणं सीता गच्छ जानीहि राघवम् ॥
ārtasvaraṃ tu taṃ bharturvijñāya sadṛśaṃ vane | uvāca lakṣmaṇaṃ sītā gaccha jānīhi rāghavam ||
English Translation
Hearing that cry in the forest resembling her husband's voice Sítā spake to Laksmana saying Do you go and learn what has befallen Rāghava.
VR 3.43.2 अनुष्टुप्
न हि मे जीवितं स्थाने हृदयं वावतिष्ठते । क्रोशतः परमार्तस्य श्रुतः शब्दो मया भृशम् ॥
na hi me jīvitaṃ sthāne hṛdayaṃ vāvatiṣṭhate | krośataḥ paramārtasya śrutaḥ śabdo mayā bhṛśam ||
English Translation
He is crying aloud in pitiable accents; hearing them my life and soul are incapable of remaining any longer in their proper places.
VR 3.43.3 अनुष्टुप्
आक्रन्दमानं तु वने भ्रातरं त्रातुमर्हसि । तं क्षिप्रमभिधाव त्वं भ्रातरं शरणैषिणम् ॥
ākrandamānaṃ tu vane bhrātaraṃ trātumarhasi | taṃ kṣipramabhidhāva tvaṃ bhrātaraṃ śaraṇaiṣiṇam ||
English Translation
It behoveth you to save your brother who is crying aloud in the forest; do you immediately repair hence to save him, who is in need of your help. He has been over-powered by the Rākşasas like to a bullock brought under the power of a lion, Remembering the behest of Rāma, Laks maņa did not go, though accosted thus by Sītā.
VR 3.43.4 अनुष्टुप्
रक्षसां वशमापन्नं सिंहानामिव गोवृषम् । न जगाम तथोक्तस्तु भ्रातुराज्ञाय शासनम् ॥
rakṣasāṃ vaśamāpannaṃ siṃhānāmiva govṛṣam | na jagāma tathoktastu bhrāturājñāya śāsanam ||
English Translation
It behoveth you to save your brother who is crying aloud in the forest; do you immediately repair hence to save him, who is in need of your help. He has been over-powered by the Rākşasas like to a bullock brought under the power of a lion, Remembering the behest of Rāma, Laks maņa did not go, though accosted thus by Sītā.
VR 3.43.5 अनुष्टुप्
तमुवाच ततस्तत्र कुपिता जनकात्मजा । सौमित्रे मित्ररूपेण भ्रातुस्त्वमसि शत्रुवत् ॥
tamuvāca tatastatra kupitā janakātmajā | saumitre mitrarūpeṇa bhrātustvamasi śatruvat ||
English Translation
Extremely mortified, the daughter of Janaka spake to him saying O Son of Sumitra, you are an enemy to Rāma, in the grab of a brother. You did not proceed for the relief of they brother who has been reduced to such a plight.
VR 3.43.6 अनुष्टुप्
यस्त्वमस्यामवस्थायां भ्रातरं नाभिपद्यसे । इच्छसि त्वं विनश्यन्तं रामं लक्ष्मण मत्कृते ॥
yastvamasyāmavasthāyāṃ bhrātaraṃ nābhipadyase | icchasi tvaṃ vinaśyantaṃ rāmaṃ lakṣmaṇa matkṛte ||
English Translation
Extremely mortified, the daughter of Janaka spake to him saying O Son of Sumitra, you are an enemy to Rāma, in the grab of a brother. You did not proceed for the relief of they brother who has been reduced to such a plight.
VR 3.43.7 अनुष्टुप्
व्यसनं ते प्रियं मन्ये स्नेहो भ्रातरि नास्ति ते । तेन तिष्ठसि विस्रब्धस्तमपश्यन्महाद्युतिम् ॥
vyasanaṃ te priyaṃ manye sneho bhrātari nāsti te | tena tiṣṭhasi visrabdhastamapaśyanmahādyutim ||
English Translation
I think Rama's adversity is welcome to you. You do not have any love towards your brother. It is for this that you stand unconcerned instead of proceeding to help your brilliant brother.
VR 3.43.8 अनुष्टुप्
किं हि संशयमापन्ने तस्मिन्निह मया भवेत् । कर्तव्यमिह तिष्ठन्त्या यत्प्रधानस्त्वमागतः ॥
kiṃ hi saṃśayamāpanne tasminniha mayā bhavet | kartavyamiha tiṣṭhantyā yatpradhānastvamāgataḥ ||
English Translation
For this it is that you did sit here without anxiety not seeing the highly effulgent (Rāma). Råma, following whom you have repaired to this forest, being in danger, of what avail is life to me.?'
VR 3.43.9 अनुष्टुप्
इति ब्रुवाणं वैदेहीं बाष्पशोकपरिप्लुताम् । अब्रवील्लक्ष्मणस्त्रस्तां सीतां मृगवधूमिव ॥
iti bruvāṇaṃ vaidehīṃ bāṣpaśokapariplutām | abravīllakṣmaṇastrastāṃ sītāṃ mṛgavadhūmiva ||
English Translation
Vaidehī speaking thus being influenced by sorrow, and with tears in her eyes, like to a deer, Laksmana spoke to her.
VR 3.43.10 अनुष्टुप्
देवि देवमनुष्येषु गन्धर्वेषु पतत्रिषु । राक्षसेषु पिशाचेषु किंनरेषु मृगेषु च ॥
devi devamanuṣyeṣu gandharveṣu patatriṣu | rākṣaseṣu piśāceṣu kiṃnareṣu mṛgeṣu ca ||
English Translation
O brilliant Devi none among gods or men, gandharvas, birds or goblins kinnaras, wild animals or dreadful demons can encounter Rama in war.
VR 3.43.11 अनुष्टुप्
दानवेषु च घोरेषु न स विद्येत शोभने । यो रामं प्रतियुध्येत समरे वासवोपमम् ॥
dānaveṣu ca ghoreṣu na sa vidyeta śobhane | yo rāmaṃ pratiyudhyeta samare vāsavopamam ||
English Translation
O brilliant Devi none among gods or men, gandharvas, birds or goblins kinnaras, wild animals or dreadful demons can encounter Rama in war.
VR 3.43.12 अनुष्टुप्
अवध्यः समरे रामो नैवं त्वं वक्तुमर्हसि । न त्वामस्मिन्वने हातुमुत्सहे राघवं विना ॥
avadhyaḥ samare rāmo naivaṃ tvaṃ vaktumarhasi | na tvāmasminvane hātumutsahe rāghavaṃ vinā ||
English Translation
Rama is indestructible in war. It is not proper for you to say what you said. When he is not here I do not wish to leave you alone here in the forest.
VR 3.43.13 अनुष्टुप्
अनिवार्यं बलं तस्य बलैर्बलवतामपि । त्रिभिर्लोकैः समुद्युक्तैः सेश्वरैः सामरैरपि ॥
anivāryaṃ balaṃ tasya balairbalavatāmapi | tribhirlokaiḥ samudyuktaiḥ seśvaraiḥ sāmarairapi ||
English Translation
He cannot be stopped by the strength of the mighty, or by Indra supported by gods or by the wellequipped armies of all the three worlds.
VR 3.43.14 अनुष्टुप्
हृदयं निर्वृतं तेऽस्तु संतापस्त्यज्यतामयम् । आगमिष्यति ते भर्ता शीघ्रं हत्वा मृगोत्तमम् ॥
hṛdayaṃ nirvṛtaṃ te'stu saṃtāpastyajyatāmayam | āgamiṣyati te bhartā śīghraṃ hatvā mṛgottamam ||
English Translation
May your heart be relieved (of this fear) Give up this grief. Your husband will soon return with the excellent deer killed.
VR 3.43.15 अनुष्टुप्
न स तस्य स्वरो व्यक्तं न कश्चिदपि दैवतः । गन्धर्वनगरप्रख्या माया सा तस्य रक्षसः ॥
na sa tasya svaro vyaktaṃ na kaścidapi daivataḥ | gandharvanagaraprakhyā māyā sā tasya rakṣasaḥ ||
English Translation
Sooner shall your husband return killing the best of deer. It is not his voice nor one sent by any deity. It is but an illusion of that Rākşasa (Mārīca).
VR 3.43.16 अनुष्टुप्
न्यासभूतासि वैदेहि न्यस्ता मयि महात्मना । रामेण त्वं वरारोहे न त्वां त्यक्तुमिहोत्सहे ॥
nyāsabhūtāsi vaidehi nyastā mayi mahātmanā | rāmeṇa tvaṃ varārohe na tvāṃ tyaktumihotsahe ||
English Translation
O Vaidehī, you have been left to my charge by the high-souled (Rama)-I therefore do not dare leave you behind, O you the jewel of a damsel.
VR 3.43.17 अनुष्टुप्
कृतवैराश्च कल्याणि वयमेतैर्निशाचरैः । खरस्य निधने देवि जनस्थानवधं प्रति ॥
kṛtavairāśca kalyāṇi vayametairniśācaraiḥ | kharasya nidhane devi janasthānavadhaṃ prati ||
English Translation
We have made these night-rangers our enemies. For compassing the destruction of Khara, O worshipful one, and devastating Janasthāna, Rākṣasas oftentimes use improper words to us in this extensive forest.
VR 3.43.18 अनुष्टुप्
राक्षसा विधिना वाचो विसृजन्ति महावने । हिंसाविहारा वैदेहि न चिन्तयितुमर्हसि ॥
rākṣasā vidhinā vāco visṛjanti mahāvane | hiṃsāvihārā vaidehi na cintayitumarhasi ||
English Translation
O Vaidehī, to create mischief to the pious is the only amusement of these Rākşasas-you shoudst not therefore be anxious for this.
VR 3.43.19 अनुष्टुप्
लक्ष्मणेनैवमुक्ता तु क्रुद्धा संरक्तलोचना । अब्रवीत्परुषं वाक्यं लक्ष्मणं सत्यवादिनम् ॥
lakṣmaṇenaivamuktā tu kruddhā saṃraktalocanā | abravītparuṣaṃ vākyaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ satyavādinam ||
English Translation
Being thus addressed by him her eyes were reddened with ire, and she spake these harsh words to the truthful Lakşmaņa.
VR 3.43.20 अनुष्टुप्
अनार्य करुणारम्भ नृशंस कुलपांसन । अहं तव प्रियं मन्ये तेनैतानि प्रभाषसे ॥
anārya karuṇārambha nṛśaṃsa kulapāṃsana | ahaṃ tava priyaṃ manye tenaitāni prabhāṣase ||
English Translation
O cruel one! O you the destroyer of your line! it is a disgrace to you that you wishest to protect me (killing Răma). Methinks, this mighty disaster of Rāma is welcome to you, or else why should you seeing this, speak thus, O Laksmana.
VR 3.43.21 अनुष्टुप्
नैतच्चित्रं सपत्नेषु पापं लक्ष्मण यद्भवेत् । त्वद्विधेषु नृशंसेषु नित्यं प्रच्छन्नचारिषु ॥
naitaccitraṃ sapatneṣu pāpaṃ lakṣmaṇa yadbhavet | tvadvidheṣu nṛśaṃseṣu nityaṃ pracchannacāriṣu ||
English Translation
It is not a wonder that an evil desire lurks in you who are a hypocrite and a cruel-hearted cnemy.
VR 3.43.22 अनुष्टुप्
सुदुष्टस्त्वं वने राममेकमेकोऽनुगच्छसि । मम हेतोः प्रतिच्छन्नः प्रयुक्तो भरतेन वा ॥
suduṣṭastvaṃ vane rāmamekameko'nugacchasi | mama hetoḥ praticchannaḥ prayukto bharatena vā ||
English Translation
Verily are you a monster of wickedness, that Rāma repairing to woods, you have, being lustful for me, followed him alone. Or hast you been engaged by Bharata to act thus?
VR 3.43.23 अनुष्टुप्
कथमिन्दीवरश्यामं रामं पद्मनिभेक्षणम् । उपसंश्रित्य भर्तारं कामयेयं पृथग्जनम् ॥
kathamindīvaraśyāmaṃ rāmaṃ padmanibhekṣaṇam | upasaṃśritya bhartāraṃ kāmayeyaṃ pṛthagjanam ||
English Translation
But your or Bharata's intention shall not be satisfied, O Saumitre. How shall I desire another man after serving the lotus-eyed Rāma of dark blue hue as my husband?
VR 3.43.24 अनुष्टुप्
समक्षं तव सौमित्रे प्राणांस्त्यक्ष्ये न संशयः । रामं विना क्षणमपि न हि जीवामि भूतले ॥
samakṣaṃ tava saumitre prāṇāṃstyakṣye na saṃśayaḥ | rāmaṃ vinā kṣaṇamapi na hi jīvāmi bhūtale ||
English Translation
I shall renounce my life before you, therefore, O Laksmana; without Rāma I shall not maintain my being for a moment on this earth.
VR 3.43.25 अनुष्टुप्
इत्युक्तः परुषं वाक्यं सीतया सोमहर्षणम् । अब्रवील्लक्ष्मणः सीतां प्राञ्जलिर्विजितेन्द्रियः ॥
ityuktaḥ paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ sītayā somaharṣaṇam | abravīllakṣmaṇaḥ sītāṃ prāñjalirvijitendriyaḥ ||
English Translation
Hearing these brazen words of Sītā, capable of making one's down stand on end, the selfcontrolled Lakşmaņa with joined hands spake to her saying You are a very Goddess to me, I therefore dare not answer you.
VR 3.43.26 अनुष्टुप्
उत्तरं नोत्सहे वक्तुं दैवतं भवती मम । वाक्यमप्रतिरूपं तु न चित्रं स्त्रीषु मैथिलि ॥
uttaraṃ notsahe vaktuṃ daivataṃ bhavatī mama | vākyamapratirūpaṃ tu na citraṃ strīṣu maithili ||
English Translation
O princess from Mithila, I do not want to use such harsh words. To me you are a deity (worthy of adoration). It is not surprising that women of the world use such undeserving words. It is their nature.
VR 3.43.27 अनुष्टुप्
स्वभावस्त्वेष नारीणामेषु लोकेषु दृश्यते । विमुक्तधर्माश्चपलास्तीक्ष्णा भेदकराः स्त्रियः ॥
svabhāvastveṣa nārīṇāmeṣu lokeṣu dṛśyate | vimuktadharmāścapalāstīkṣṇā bhedakarāḥ striyaḥ ||
VR 3.43.28 अनुष्टुप्
उपशृण्वन्तु मे सर्वे साक्षिभूता वनेचराः । न्यायवादी यथा वाक्यमुक्तोऽहं परुषं त्वया ॥
upaśṛṇvantu me sarve sākṣibhūtā vanecarāḥ | nyāyavādī yathā vākyamukto'haṃ paruṣaṃ tvayā ||
English Translation
I speak what is just while you use harsh and unjust words. Let all beings who move in the forest bear witness.
VR 3.43.29 अनुष्टुप्
धिक्त्वामद्य प्रणश्य त्वं यन्मामेवं विशङ्कसे । स्त्रीत्वाद्दुष्टस्वभावेन गुरुवाक्ये व्यवस्थितम् ॥
dhiktvāmadya praṇaśya tvaṃ yanmāmevaṃ viśaṅkase | strītvādduṣṭasvabhāvena guruvākye vyavasthitam ||
English Translation
Fie upon you. Like a woman of wicked nature you doubt me when I stood firm by my brother's words. You will go to ruin.
VR 3.43.30 अनुष्टुप्
गमिष्ये यत्र काकुत्स्थः स्वस्ति तेऽस्तु वरानने । रक्षन्तु त्वां विशालाक्षि समग्रा वनदेवताः ॥
gamiṣye yatra kākutsthaḥ svasti te'stu varānane | rakṣantu tvāṃ viśālākṣi samagrā vanadevatāḥ ||
English Translation
O beautiful lady, I will go to Rama wherever he may be. Be happy. O largeeyed one, may all the deities of the forest protect you.
VR 3.43.31 अनुष्टुप्
निमित्तानि हि घोराणि यानि प्रादुर्भवन्ति मे । अपि त्वां सह रामेण पश्येयं पुनरागतः ॥
nimittāni hi ghorāṇi yāni prādurbhavanti me | api tvāṃ saha rāmeṇa paśyeyaṃ punarāgataḥ ||
English Translation
May the deities of the forest protect you, O you of expansive eyes! many a bad omen appear before me. My I see you again when I shall come back with Rāina.
VR 3.43.32 अनुष्टुप्
लक्ष्मणेनैवमुक्ता तु रुदती जनकात्मजा । प्रत्युवाच ततो वाक्यं तीव्रं बाष्पपरिप्लुता ॥
lakṣmaṇenaivamuktā tu rudatī janakātmajā | pratyuvāca tato vākyaṃ tīvraṃ bāṣpapariplutā ||
English Translation
Being thus accosted by Lakşmaņa the daughter of Janaka replied weeping and being bathed in tears.
VR 3.43.33 अनुष्टुप्
गोदावरीं प्रवेक्ष्यामि विना रामेण लक्ष्मण । आबन्धिष्येऽथ वा त्यक्ष्ये विषमे देहमात्मनः ॥
godāvarīṃ pravekṣyāmi vinā rāmeṇa lakṣmaṇa | ābandhiṣye'tha vā tyakṣye viṣame dehamātmanaḥ ||
English Translation
O Lakshmana without Rama I will drown myself in Godavari or hang myself or leap from a cliff into death.
VR 3.43.34 अनुष्टुप्
पिबामि वा विषं तीक्ष्णं प्रवेक्ष्यामि हुताशनम् । न त्वहं राघवादन्यं पदापि पुरुषं स्पृशे ॥
pibāmi vā viṣaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ pravekṣyāmi hutāśanam | na tvahaṃ rāghavādanyaṃ padāpi puruṣaṃ spṛśe ||
English Translation
Without Rama, O Laksmana, I shall drink virulent poison, enter fire or dive into the Godāverī. I shall destroy this body either by hanging or by falling down from the top of a high object. I shall never be able to touch another man but Rāma.
VR 3.43.35 अनुष्टुप्
इति लक्ष्मणमाक्रुश्य सीता दुःखसमन्विता । पाणिभ्यां रुदती दुःखादुदरं प्रजघान ह ॥
iti lakṣmaṇamākruśya sītā duḥkhasamanvitā | pāṇibhyāṃ rudatī duḥkhādudaraṃ prajaghāna ha ||
English Translation
Speaking thus to Lakşmaņa, Sītā, being enveloped with grief, weeping, struck her belly* with her hands. Properly it should be Struck her breast. But it has a special significance here, i.e.-she would not be satisfied until her belly be filled with all the Raksasas salin.तामार्तरूपां विमना रुदन्ती
VR 3.43.36 इन्द्रवज्रा
तामार्तरूपां विमना रुदन्तीं; सौमित्रिरालोक्य विशालनेत्राम् । आश्वासयामास न चैव भर्तु;स्तं भ्रातरं किंचिदुवाच सीता ॥
tāmārtarūpāṃ vimanā rudantīṃ; saumitrirālokya viśālanetrām | āśvāsayāmāsa na caiva bhartu;staṃ bhrātaraṃ kiṃciduvāca sītā ||
English Translation
Seeing the daughter of Janaka of expansive eyes weep thus in pitiable accents, Lakşmaņa losing his attention began to console her.
VR 3.43.37 वंशस्थम्
ततस्तु सीतामभिवाद्य लक्ष्मणः; कृताञ्जलिः किंचिदभिप्रणम्य । अवेक्षमाणो बहुशश्च मैथिलीं; जगाम रामस्य समीपमात्मवान् ॥
tatastu sītāmabhivādya lakṣmaṇaḥ; kṛtāñjaliḥ kiṃcidabhipraṇamya | avekṣamāṇo bahuśaśca maithilīṃ; jagāma rāmasya samīpamātmavān ||
English Translation
Afterwards the pure-hearted Laksmana, having control over his senses, saluting Sītā with clasped palms and bending low a little proceeded where Rāma was, casting again and again his glance upon her as he went.
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