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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 3 (Araṇyakāṇḍa) • Sarga 53

Araṇyakāṇḍa Sarga 53

अरण्यकाण्डम् • सर्गः 53

Araṇyakāṇḍa Sarga 53 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 35 verses.

Total: 35 Verses • Citations: VR 3.53.1–35 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 3.53.1 अनुष्टुप्
संदिश्य राक्षसान्घोरान्रावणोऽष्टौ महाबलान् । आत्मानं बुद्धिवैक्लव्यात्कृतकृत्यममन्यत ॥
saṃdiśya rākṣasānghorānrāvaṇo'ṣṭau mahābalān | ātmānaṃ buddhivaiklavyātkṛtakṛtyamamanyata ||
English Translation
Having commissioned those eight terrible and mighty Rākşasas, Rāvana, in consequence of perversion of sense, considered himself as crowned with success.
VR 3.53.2 अनुष्टुप्
स चिन्तयानो वैदेहीं कामबाणसमर्पितः । प्रविवेश गृहं रम्यं सीतां द्रष्टुमभित्वरन् ॥
sa cintayāno vaidehīṃ kāmabāṇasamarpitaḥ | praviveśa gṛhaṃ ramyaṃ sītāṃ draṣṭumabhitvaran ||
English Translation
And brooding over Vaidehi, he, sore pierced by the shafts of Kāma, hastily entered his charming mansion, with the intention of secing Sitā.
VR 3.53.3 अनुष्टुप्
स प्रविश्य तु तद्वेश्म रावणो राक्षसाधिपः । अपश्यद्राक्षसीमध्ये सीतां शोकपरायणम् ॥
sa praviśya tu tadveśma rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ | apaśyadrākṣasīmadhye sītāṃ śokaparāyaṇam ||
English Translation
And entering that apartment, Rāvana-lord of Rākşasas-saw the distressed Sītā in the midst of the Raksasas, with a tearful countenance, oppressed with a load of grief, like to a bark sinking in the ocean through the violence of the winds; like to a doe separated from the herd of deer, and surrounded by dogs.
VR 3.53.4 अनुष्टुप्
अश्रुपूर्णमुखीं दीनां शोकभारावपीडिताम् । वायुवेगैरिवाक्रान्तां मज्जन्तीं नावमर्णवे ॥
aśrupūrṇamukhīṃ dīnāṃ śokabhārāvapīḍitām | vāyuvegairivākrāntāṃ majjantīṃ nāvamarṇave ||
English Translation
And entering that apartment, Rāvana-lord of Rākşasas-saw the distressed Sītā in the midst of the Raksasas, with a tearful countenance, oppressed with a load of grief, like to a bark sinking in the ocean through the violence of the winds; like to a doe separated from the herd of deer, and surrounded by dogs.
VR 3.53.5 अनुष्टुप्
मृगयूथपरिभ्रष्टां मृगीं श्वभिरिवावृताम् । अधोमुखमुखीं दीनामभ्येत्य च निशाचरः ॥
mṛgayūthaparibhraṣṭāṃ mṛgīṃ śvabhirivāvṛtām | adhomukhamukhīṃ dīnāmabhyetya ca niśācaraḥ ||
VR 3.53.6 अनुष्टुप्
तां तु शोकवशां दीनामवशां राक्षसाधिपः । स बलाद्दर्शयामास गृहं देवगृहोपमम् ॥
tāṃ tu śokavaśāṃ dīnāmavaśāṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ | sa balāddarśayāmāsa gṛhaṃ devagṛhopamam ||
VR 3.53.7 अनुष्टुप्
हर्म्यप्रासादसंबधं स्त्रीसहस्रनिषेवितम् । नानापक्षिगणैर्जुष्टं नानारत्नसमन्वितम् ॥
harmyaprāsādasaṃbadhaṃ strīsahasraniṣevitam | nānāpakṣigaṇairjuṣṭaṃ nānāratnasamanvitam ||
English Translation
His home was a complex of palaces and mansions served by thousands of women. It was an abode of different flocks of birds. It had captivating pillars studded with gold, crystals, silver, diamonds and vaiduryas. It resounded with wonderful sounds of drums. Its golden entrances were glittering.
VR 3.53.8 अनुष्टुप्
काञ्चनैस्तापनीयैश्च स्फाटिकै राजतैस्तथा । वज्रवैदूर्यचित्रैश्च स्तम्भैर्दृष्टिमनोहरैः ॥
kāñcanaistāpanīyaiśca sphāṭikai rājataistathā | vajravaidūryacitraiśca stambhairdṛṣṭimanoharaiḥ ||
VR 3.53.9 अनुष्टुप्
दिव्यदुन्दुभिनिर्ह्रादं तप्तकाञ्चनतोरणम् । सोपानं काञ्चनं चित्रमारुरोह तया सह ॥
divyadundubhinirhrādaṃ taptakāñcanatoraṇam | sopānaṃ kāñcanaṃ citramāruroha tayā saha ||
English Translation
Rāvana in company with Şītā ascended the beautiful golden stairs, resounding with the sounds of kettle-drums and embellished with ornaments of burnished gold.
VR 3.53.10 अनुष्टुप्
दान्तका राजताश्चैव गवाक्षाः प्रियदर्शनाः । हेमजालावृताश्चासंस्तत्र प्रासादपङ्क्तयः ॥
dāntakā rājatāścaiva gavākṣāḥ priyadarśanāḥ | hemajālāvṛtāścāsaṃstatra prāsādapaṅktayaḥ ||
English Translation
And those loftily edifices had excellent windows made of vory and silver, and covered with golden nets.
VR 3.53.11 अनुष्टुप्
सुधामणिविचित्राणि भूमिभागानि सर्वशः । दशग्रीवः स्वभवने प्रादर्शयत मैथिलीम् ॥
sudhāmaṇivicitrāṇi bhūmibhāgāni sarvaśaḥ | daśagrīvaḥ svabhavane prādarśayata maithilīm ||
English Translation
The ground all over was decorated with ambrosia and gems. The Ten-headed one in his own mansion showed to Maithilī large tanks and pools covered with various kinds of flowers. (All this) Rāvaņa showed to Sítā overmastered by sorrow.
VR 3.53.12 अनुष्टुप्
दीर्घिकाः पुष्करिण्यश्च नानापुष्पसमावृताः । रावणो दर्शयामास सीतां शोकपरायणाम् ॥
dīrghikāḥ puṣkariṇyaśca nānāpuṣpasamāvṛtāḥ | rāvaṇo darśayāmāsa sītāṃ śokaparāyaṇām ||
English Translation
The ground all over was decorated with ambrosia and gems. The Ten-headed one in his own mansion showed to Maithilī large tanks and pools covered with various kinds of flowers. (All this) Rāvaņa showed to Sítā overmastered by sorrow.
VR 3.53.13 अनुष्टुप्
दर्शयित्वा तु वैदेहीं कृत्स्नं तद्भवनोत्तमम् । उवाच वाक्यं पापात्मा रावणो जनकात्मजाम् ॥
darśayitvā tu vaidehīṃ kṛtsnaṃ tadbhavanottamam | uvāca vākyaṃ pāpātmā rāvaṇo janakātmajām ||
English Translation
And after having showed to Vaidehi the whole of that good lie of mansions, that wicked one, with the intention of tempting Sītā, spoke to her.
VR 3.53.14 अनुष्टुप्
दशराक्षसकोट्यश्च द्वाविंशतिरथापराः । वर्जयित्वा जरा वृद्धान्बालांश्च रजनीचरान् ॥
daśarākṣasakoṭyaśca dvāviṃśatirathāparāḥ | varjayitvā jarā vṛddhānbālāṃśca rajanīcarān ||
English Translation
O Sītā, leaving out old men and boys, I am the lord of thirty two crore of night-rangers of terrible deeds. And a thousand come forward whenever required for any service.
VR 3.53.15 अनुष्टुप्
तेषां प्रभुरहं सीते सर्वेषां भीमकर्मणाम् । सहस्रमेकमेकस्य मम कार्यपुरःसरम् ॥
teṣāṃ prabhurahaṃ sīte sarveṣāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām | sahasramekamekasya mama kāryapuraḥsaram ||
English Translation
O Sītā, leaving out old men and boys, I am the lord of thirty two crore of night-rangers of terrible deeds. And a thousand come forward whenever required for any service.
VR 3.53.16 अनुष्टुप्
यदिदं राज्यतन्त्रं मे त्वयि सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् । जीवितं च विशालाक्षि त्वं मे प्राणैर्गरीयसी ॥
yadidaṃ rājyatantraṃ me tvayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam | jīvitaṃ ca viśālākṣi tvaṃ me prāṇairgarīyasī ||
English Translation
If such is my sovereignty, all this is established in you, O large-eyed lady, as well as my life. You are dearer to me than life.
VR 3.53.17 अनुष्टुप्
बहूनां स्त्रीसहस्राणां मम योऽसौ परिग्रहः । तासां त्वमीश्वरी सीते मम भार्या भव प्रिये ॥
bahūnāṃ strīsahasrāṇāṃ mama yo'sau parigrahaḥ | tāsāṃ tvamīśvarī sīte mama bhāryā bhava priye ||
English Translation
O Sītā, be you the mistress of those numerous excellent women who are my wives. Dear, be you my wife.
VR 3.53.18 अनुष्टुप्
साधु किं तेऽन्यया बुद्ध्या रोचयस्व वचो मम । भजस्व माभितप्तस्य प्रसादं कर्तुमर्हसि ॥
sādhu kiṃ te'nyayā buddhyā rocayasva vaco mama | bhajasva mābhitaptasya prasādaṃ kartumarhasi ||
English Translation
This is for your good. Why should you act otherwise? Do you relish my speech. Do you bend your mind towards me. It behoves you to favour me, who am burning in the heat of desire).
VR 3.53.19 अनुष्टुप्
परिक्षिप्ता समुद्रेण लङ्केयं शतयोजना । नेयं धर्षयितुं शक्या सेन्द्रैरपि सुरासुरैः ॥
parikṣiptā samudreṇa laṅkeyaṃ śatayojanā | neyaṃ dharṣayituṃ śakyā sendrairapi surāsuraiḥ ||
English Translation
This Larkă measuring an hundred Yojanas girt round by the ocean, is incapable of being harassed by the celestials themselves headed by Indra.
VR 3.53.20 अनुष्टुप्
न देवेषु न यक्षेषु न गन्धर्वेषु नर्षिषु । अहं पश्यामि लोकेषु यो मे वीर्यसमो भवेत् ॥
na deveṣu na yakṣeṣu na gandharveṣu narṣiṣu | ahaṃ paśyāmi lokeṣu yo me vīryasamo bhavet ||
English Translation
Neither among the celestials nor Yakşãs nor Gandharvas nor Serpents, find I any one that can match me in prowess.
VR 3.53.21 अनुष्टुप्
राज्यभ्रष्टेन दीनेन तापसेन गतायुषा । किं करिष्यसि रामेण मानुषेणाल्पतेजसा ॥
rājyabhraṣṭena dīnena tāpasena gatāyuṣā | kiṃ kariṣyasi rāmeṇa mānuṣeṇālpatejasā ||
English Translation
What will you do with Rāma a human being of short life, poor, of small prowess, practising mendicancy?
VR 3.53.22 अनुष्टुप्
भजस्व सीते मामेव भर्ताहं सदृशस्तव । यौवनं ह्यध्रुवं भीरु रमस्वेह मया सह ॥
bhajasva sīte māmeva bhartāhaṃ sadṛśastava | yauvanaṃ hyadhruvaṃ bhīru ramasveha mayā saha ||
English Translation
O Sītā, bend your mind to me. I am a fit husband for you. O timed one, youth is uncertain. Sport with me here.
VR 3.53.23 अनुष्टुप्
दर्शने मा कृथा बुद्धिं राघवस्य वरानने । कास्य शक्तिरिहागन्तुमपि सीते मनोरथैः ॥
darśane mā kṛthā buddhiṃ rāghavasya varānane | kāsya śaktirihāgantumapi sīte manorathaiḥ ||
English Translation
And, O you of a handsome countenance, do not wish for the sight of Rāghava. O Sītā, what power has he to come hither even in thought?
VR 3.53.24 अनुष्टुप्
न शक्यो वायुराकाशे पाशैर्बद्धं महाजवः । दीप्यमानस्य वाप्यग्नेर्ग्रहीतुं विमलां शिखाम् ॥
na śakyo vāyurākāśe pāśairbaddhaṃ mahājavaḥ | dīpyamānasya vāpyagnergrahītuṃ vimalāṃ śikhām ||
English Translation
None can fetter the exceedingly fleet wind in the sky, or hold the bright flame of a burning fire.
VR 3.53.25 अनुष्टुप्
त्रयाणामपि लोकानां न तं पश्यामि शोभने । विक्रमेण नयेद्यस्त्वां मद्बाहुपरिपालिताम् ॥
trayāṇāmapi lokānāṃ na taṃ paśyāmi śobhane | vikrameṇa nayedyastvāṃ madbāhuparipālitām ||
English Translation
O beauteous one, in these three worlds I find no one that can by his might carry you away, who are protected by my arms.
VR 3.53.26 अनुष्टुप्
लङ्कायां सुमहद्राज्यमिदं त्वमनुपालय । अभिषेकोदकक्लिन्ना तुष्टा च रमयस्व माम् ॥
laṅkāyāṃ sumahadrājyamidaṃ tvamanupālaya | abhiṣekodakaklinnā tuṣṭā ca ramayasva mām ||
English Translation
Rule this vast kingdom of Lanka. People like me, even gods and all beings, mobile and immobile, will be at your beck and call.
VR 3.53.27 अनुष्टुप्
दुष्कृतं यत्पुरा कर्म वनवासेन तद्गतम् । यश्च ते सुकृतो धर्मस्तस्येह फलमाप्नुहि ॥
duṣkṛtaṃ yatpurā karma vanavāsena tadgatam | yaśca te sukṛto dharmastasyeha phalamāpnuhi ||
English Translation
Laving your limbs with water, do you gratify me. The evil that you had done, has been expiated by your life in the forest: now do you reap the fruit of your good deeds.
VR 3.53.28 अनुष्टुप्
इह सर्वाणि माल्यानि दिव्यगन्धानि मैथिलि । भूषणानि च मुख्यानि तानि सेव मया सह ॥
iha sarvāṇi mālyāni divyagandhāni maithili | bhūṣaṇāni ca mukhyāni tāni seva mayā saha ||
English Translation
Here are garlands furnished with divine fragrance, and, O Maithili, superb ornaments. Enjoy you all those along with me.
VR 3.53.29 अनुष्टुप्
पुष्पकं नाम सुश्रोणि भ्रातुर्वैश्रवणस्य मे । विमानं रमणीयं च तद्विमानं मनोजवम् ॥
puṣpakaṃ nāma suśroṇi bhrāturvaiśravaṇasya me | vimānaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ ca tadvimānaṃ manojavam ||
English Translation
O you of shapely hips, the car called Pușpaka, resembling the sun, which (formerly) belonged to my brother Vaiśravaņa, was through my prowess won by me in fight. And vast and beautiful is that car furnished with the speed of the mind. Do you, O Sītā, at your pleasure sport on it along with me.
VR 3.53.30 अनुष्टुप्
तत्र सीते मया सार्धं विहरस्व यथासुखम् । वदनं पद्मसंकाशं विमलं चारुदर्शनम् ॥
tatra sīte mayā sārdhaṃ viharasva yathāsukham | vadanaṃ padmasaṃkāśaṃ vimalaṃ cārudarśanam ||
VR 3.53.31 अनुष्टुप्
शोकार्तं तु वरारोहे न भ्राजति वरानने । अलं व्रीडेन वैदेहि धर्मलोप कृतेन ते ॥
śokārtaṃ tu varārohe na bhrājati varānane | alaṃ vrīḍena vaidehi dharmalopa kṛtena te ||
VR 3.53.32 अनुष्टुप्
आर्षोऽयं दैवनिष्यन्दो यस्त्वामभिगमिष्यति । एतौ पादौ मया स्निग्धौ शिरोभिः परिपीडितौ ॥
ārṣo'yaṃ daivaniṣyando yastvāmabhigamiṣyati | etau pādau mayā snigdhau śirobhiḥ paripīḍitau ||
VR 3.53.33 अनुष्टुप्
प्रसादं कुरु मे क्षिप्रं वश्यो दासोऽहमस्मि ते । नेमाः शून्या मया वाचः शुष्यमाणेन भाषिताः ॥
prasādaṃ kuru me kṣipraṃ vaśyo dāso'hamasmi te | nemāḥ śūnyā mayā vācaḥ śuṣyamāṇena bhāṣitāḥ ||
VR 3.53.34 अनुष्टुप्
न चापि रावणः कांचिन्मूर्ध्ना स्त्रीं प्रणमेत ह । एवमुक्त्वा दशग्रीवो मैथिलीं जनकात्मजाम् ॥
na cāpi rāvaṇaḥ kāṃcinmūrdhnā strīṃ praṇameta ha | evamuktvā daśagrīvo maithilīṃ janakātmajām ||
English Translation
Let not these words of mine spoken by me under the withering influence of love prove fruitless. Rāvana has never bowed his head to any female. Having said this, the Ten-headed one, come under the subjection of the Destroyer, looked upon Maithili, Janaka's daughter (as his own) saying, She is mine.
VR 3.53.35 अनुष्टुप्
कृतान्तवशमापन्नो ममेयमिति मन्यते ॥
kṛtāntavaśamāpanno mameyamiti manyate ||
English Translation
Having said this to the daughter of Janaka, the tenheaded Ravana who had fallen under the control of Yama, lord of death, misconceived that she had become his own.इतयार्ष श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीय आदिकाव्ये अरण्यकाण्डे पञ्चपञ्चाशस्सर्गः॥Thus ends the fiftyfifth sarga of Aranyakanda of the holy Ramayana the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.
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