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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 3 (Araṇyakāṇḍa) • Sarga 29

Araṇyakāṇḍa Sarga 29

अरण्यकाण्डम् • सर्गः 29

Araṇyakāṇḍa Sarga 29 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 35 verses.

Total: 35 Verses • Citations: VR 3.29.1–35 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 3.29.1 अनुष्टुप्
भित्त्वा तु तां गदां बाणै राघवो धर्मवत्सलः । स्मयमानः खरं वाक्यं संरब्धमिदमब्रवीत् ॥
bhittvā tu tāṃ gadāṃ bāṇai rāghavo dharmavatsalaḥ | smayamānaḥ kharaṃ vākyaṃ saṃrabdhamidamabravīt ||
English Translation
Cutting off the mace with his shafts, Rāghava attached to righteousness with a smile said to Khara these angry words.
VR 3.29.2 अनुष्टुप्
एतत्ते बलसर्वस्वं दर्शितं राक्षसाधम । शक्तिहीनतरो मत्तो वृथा त्वमुपगर्जितम् ॥
etatte balasarvasvaṃ darśitaṃ rākṣasādhama | śaktihīnataro matto vṛthā tvamupagarjitam ||
English Translation
You vile of Rākșasas, this is the utmost of your might, which you have displayed.
VR 3.29.3 अनुष्टुप्
एषा बाणविनिर्भिन्ना गदा भूमितलं गता । अभिधानप्रगल्भस्य तव प्रत्ययघातिनी ॥
eṣā bāṇavinirbhinnā gadā bhūmitalaṃ gatā | abhidhānapragalbhasya tava pratyayaghātinī ||
English Translation
Rendered more nerveless at my hands, in vain do you storm. Riven by my shafts, your mace, belonging to you who are prolix in the matter of vocabulary, destroying your confidence, has sought the earth.
VR 3.29.4 अनुष्टुप्
यत्त्वयोक्तं विनष्टानामिदमश्रुप्रमार्जनम् । राक्षसानां करोमीति मिथ्या तदपि ते वचः ॥
yattvayoktaṃ vinaṣṭānāmidamaśrupramārjanam | rākṣasānāṃ karomīti mithyā tadapi te vacaḥ ||
English Translation
And what you had said, will wipe the tears of the Rākşasas that have been slain, has also proved false.
VR 3.29.5 अनुष्टुप्
नीचस्य क्षुद्रशीलस्य मिथ्यावृत्तस्य रक्षसः । प्राणानपहरिष्यामि गरुत्मानमृतं यथा ॥
nīcasya kṣudraśīlasya mithyāvṛttasya rakṣasaḥ | prāṇānapahariṣyāmi garutmānamṛtaṃ yathā ||
English Translation
As Garuda stole ambrosia, will I deprive you, O Rāksasa, who are base, of a mean disposition and a false character, of your life.
VR 3.29.6 अनुष्टुप्
अद्य ते भिन्नकण्ठस्य फेनबुद्बुदभूषितम् । विदारितस्य मद्बाणैर्मही पास्यति शोणितम् ॥
adya te bhinnakaṇṭhasya phenabudbudabhūṣitam | vidāritasya madbāṇairmahī pāsyati śoṇitam ||
English Translation
To day the earth shall drink the blood vitiated with foamy bubbles, of you, having your throat severed, and riven by my shafts.
VR 3.29.7 अनुष्टुप्
पांसुरूषितसर्वाङ्गः स्रस्तन्यस्तभुजद्वयः । स्वप्स्यसे गां समाश्लिष्य दुर्लभां प्रमदामिव ॥
pāṃsurūṣitasarvāṅgaḥ srastanyastabhujadvayaḥ | svapsyase gāṃ samāśliṣya durlabhāṃ pramadāmiva ||
English Translation
Having all your body covered with dust, and your two arms lopped off, you shall, difficult to win, take your nap, embracing the earth, like a damsel difficult to win.
VR 3.29.8 अनुष्टुप्
प्रवृद्धनिद्रे शयिते त्वयि राक्षसपांसने । भविष्यन्त्यशरण्यानां शरण्या दण्डका इमे ॥
pravṛddhanidre śayite tvayi rākṣasapāṃsane | bhaviṣyantyaśaraṇyānāṃ śaraṇyā daṇḍakā ime ||
English Translation
On you, disgrace of Raksasas, lying down, and being fast asleep, this Dandaka shall be refuge of those that shall resort to it for shelter.
VR 3.29.9 अनुष्टुप्
जनस्थाने हतस्थाने तव राक्षसमच्छरैः । निर्भया विचरिष्यन्ति सर्वतो मुनयो वने ॥
janasthāne hatasthāne tava rākṣasamaccharaiḥ | nirbhayā vicariṣyanti sarvato munayo vane ||
English Translation
O Rākşasa, in your Janasthāna, with its (Rāks asas) slain by my shafts, ascetics shall fearlessly go about in the wood.
VR 3.29.10 अनुष्टुप्
अद्य विप्रसरिष्यन्ति राक्षस्यो हतबान्धवाः । बाष्पार्द्रवदना दीना भयादन्यभयावहाः ॥
adya viprasariṣyanti rākṣasyo hatabāndhavāḥ | bāṣpārdravadanā dīnā bhayādanyabhayāvahāḥ ||
English Translation
Today Rākṣasas, capable of exciting fear in others, rendered forlorn and with their friends slain, shall from fear, with their faces wet with tears, fly (this place).
VR 3.29.11 अनुष्टुप्
अद्य शोकरसज्ञास्ता भविष्यन्ति निशाचर । अनुरूपकुलाः पत्न्यो यासां त्वं पतिरीदृशः ॥
adya śokarasajñāstā bhaviṣyanti niśācara | anurūpakulāḥ patnyo yāsāṃ tvaṃ patirīdṛśaḥ ||
English Translation
To day your wives whose husband are you of such a nature, and who are of a like lineage (with yourself), shall experience the sentiment of sorrow, and be deprived of their all.
VR 3.29.12 अनुष्टुप्
नृशंसशील क्षुद्रात्मन्नित्यं ब्राह्मणकण्टक । त्वत्कृते शङ्कितैरग्नौ मुनिभिः पात्यते हविः ॥
nṛśaṃsaśīla kṣudrātmannityaṃ brāhmaṇakaṇṭaka | tvatkṛte śaṅkitairagnau munibhiḥ pātyate haviḥ ||
English Translation
You of a cruel disposition, you of ignoble soul, you that are aye a thorn (in the side) of Brāhmanas, it is for you that ascetics, frightened and dispirited, have so long been pouring the clarified butter.
VR 3.29.13 अनुष्टुप्
तमेवमभिसंरब्धं ब्रुवाणं राघवं रणे । खरो निर्भर्त्सयामास रोषात्खरतर स्वनः ॥
tamevamabhisaṃrabdhaṃ bruvāṇaṃ rāghavaṃ raṇe | kharo nirbhartsayāmāsa roṣātkharatara svanaḥ ||
English Translation
As Rāghava, influenced by anger, said this in the field, Khara f. wrath, with accents rendered harsher, fell to censuring (Rāma),
VR 3.29.14 अनुष्टुप्
दृढं खल्ववलिप्तोऽसि भयेष्वपि च निर्भयः । वाच्यावाच्यं ततो हि त्वं मृत्युवश्यो न बुध्यसे ॥
dṛḍhaṃ khalvavalipto'si bhayeṣvapi ca nirbhayaḥ | vācyāvācyaṃ tato hi tvaṃ mṛtyuvaśyo na budhyase ||
English Translation
You are wondrous proud; and you are fearless albeit fear is present to you. And come under the sway of Death, you do not understand what should be said and what left unspoken.
VR 3.29.15 अनुष्टुप्
कालपाशपरिक्षिप्ता भवन्ति पुरुषा हि ये । कार्याकार्यं न जानन्ति ते निरस्तषडिन्द्रियाः ॥
kālapāśaparikṣiptā bhavanti puruṣā hi ye | kāryākāryaṃ na jānanti te nirastaṣaḍindriyāḥ ||
English Translation
Those persons that have been fast bound by the noose of death, do not in consequence of their senses having ceased to perform their functions, discern what is proper and what improper.
VR 3.29.16 अनुष्टुप्
एवमुक्त्वा ततो रामं संरुध्य भृकुटिं ततः । स ददर्श महासालमविदूरे निशाचरः ॥
evamuktvā tato rāmaṃ saṃrudhya bhṛkuṭiṃ tataḥ | sa dadarśa mahāsālamavidūre niśācaraḥ ||
English Translation
Saying this to Rāma, that ranger of the night (Khara), pursing his brows, espied a mighty Sāla hard by. And looking about him on all sides in the field for a weapon, he uprooted it, biting his Nether lip.
VR 3.29.17 अनुष्टुप्
रणे प्रहरणस्यार्थे सर्वतो ह्यवलोकयन् । स तमुत्पाटयामास संदृश्य दशनच्छदम् ॥
raṇe praharaṇasyārthe sarvato hyavalokayan | sa tamutpāṭayāmāsa saṃdṛśya daśanacchadam ||
English Translation
Saying this to Rāma, that ranger of the night (Khara), pursing his brows, espied a mighty Sāla hard by. And looking about him on all sides in the field for a weapon, he uprooted it, biting his Nether lip.
VR 3.29.18 अनुष्टुप्
तं समुत्क्षिप्य बाहुभ्यां विनर्दित्वा महाबलः । राममुद्दिश्य चिक्षेप हतस्त्वमिति चाब्रवीत् ॥
taṃ samutkṣipya bāhubhyāṃ vinarditvā mahābalaḥ | rāmamuddiśya cikṣepa hatastvamiti cābravīt ||
English Translation
And raising up the tree with his arms, and uttering a roar, that exceedingly powerful one aiming at Rāma discharged it, exclaiming, Dead you are.
VR 3.29.19 अनुष्टुप्
तमापतन्तं बाणौघैश्छित्त्वा रामः प्रतापवान् । रोषमाहारयत्तीव्रं निहन्तुं समरे खरम् ॥
tamāpatantaṃ bāṇaughaiśchittvā rāmaḥ pratāpavān | roṣamāhārayattīvraṃ nihantuṃ samare kharam ||
English Translation
And as it descended, the puissant Rāma cut it off by means of a multitude of shafts, got into a mighty rage for the purpose of slaying Khara is battle.
VR 3.29.20 अनुष्टुप्
जातस्वेदस्ततो रामो रोषाद्रक्तान्तलोचनः । निर्बिभेद सहस्रेण बाणानां समरे खरम् ॥
jātasvedastato rāmo roṣādraktāntalocanaḥ | nirbibheda sahasreṇa bāṇānāṃ samare kharam ||
English Translation
Then Rāma perspiring, with eyes reddened in wrath, pierced Khara in battle with a thousand shafts.
VR 3.29.21 अनुष्टुप्
तस्य बाणान्तराद्रक्तं बहु सुस्राव फेनिलम् । गिरेः प्रस्रवणस्येव तोयधारापरिस्रवः ॥
tasya bāṇāntarādraktaṃ bahu susrāva phenilam | gireḥ prasravaṇasyeva toyadhārāparisravaḥ ||
English Translation
And blood mixed with froth gushed by the sides of the shafts, like torrents flowing from fountain in a hill* stupefied in battle by the shafts shot by Rāina, and maddened by the smell of blood Khara furiously inade for Rāma. The text varies slightly in other texts.
VR 3.29.22 अनुष्टुप्
विह्वलः स कृतो बाणैः खरो रामेण संयुगे । मत्तो रुधिरगन्धेन तमेवाभ्यद्रवद्द्रुतम् ॥
vihvalaḥ sa kṛto bāṇaiḥ kharo rāmeṇa saṃyuge | matto rudhiragandhena tamevābhyadravaddrutam ||
English Translation
And blood mixed with froth gushed by the sides of the shafts, like torrents flowing from fountain in a hill* stupefied in battle by the shafts shot by Rāina, and maddened by the smell of blood Khara furiously inade for Rāma. The text varies slightly in other texts.
VR 3.29.23 अनुष्टुप्
तमापतन्तं संरब्धं कृतास्त्रो रुधिराप्लुतम् । अपसर्पत्प्रतिपदं किंचित्त्वरितविक्रमः ॥
tamāpatantaṃ saṃrabdhaṃ kṛtāstro rudhirāplutam | apasarpatpratipadaṃ kiṃcittvaritavikramaḥ ||
English Translation
And as he (Khara) was rushing on, bathed with blood, Rāma cquipped with arms, suddenly summoning his strength walked backward two or three paces.
VR 3.29.24 अनुष्टुप्
ततः पावकसंकाशं बधाय समरे शरम् । खरस्य रामो जग्राह ब्रह्मदण्डमिवापरम् ॥
tataḥ pāvakasaṃkāśaṃ badhāya samare śaram | kharasya rāmo jagrāha brahmadaṇḍamivāparam ||
English Translation
Then with the view of bringing about (Khara's end) Rāma took up in the conflict an arrow resembling fire or another weapon of Brahmã himself.
VR 3.29.25 अनुष्टुप्
स तद्दत्तं मघवता सुरराजेन धीमता । संदधे च स धर्मात्मा मुमोच च खरं प्रति ॥
sa taddattaṃ maghavatā surarājena dhīmatā | saṃdadhe ca sa dharmātmā mumoca ca kharaṃ prati ||
English Translation
And that righteous one shot at Khara, that (arrow), which had been conferred on him by the intelligent Maghavān.
VR 3.29.26 अनुष्टुप्
स विमुक्तो महाबाणो निर्घातसमनिःस्वनः । रामेण धनुरुद्यम्य खरस्योरसि चापतत् ॥
sa vimukto mahābāṇo nirghātasamaniḥsvanaḥ | rāmeṇa dhanurudyamya kharasyorasi cāpatat ||
English Translation
And discharged by Rāma from his bent bow, that mighty arrow with the roaring of the thunderbolt fell at Khara's breast.
VR 3.29.27 अनुष्टुप्
स पपात खरो भूमौ दह्यमानः शराग्निना । रुद्रेणैव विनिर्दग्धः श्वेतारण्ये यथान्धकः ॥
sa papāta kharo bhūmau dahyamānaḥ śarāgninā | rudreṇaiva vinirdagdhaḥ śvetāraṇye yathāndhakaḥ ||
English Translation
And burning in the fire of the arrow, Khara fell down on the earth, like the giant Andakha* in the forest of Svetā, consumed by Rudra. The Asura Andhaka was slain in the forest of Svetă by Rudra. This is related in the Purāṇas. Another reading is Svetarayge yathantaka like the Destroyer in the forest of Svetā. Sva, according to the Kūrma Purāņa Uttara Khanda, in the Kalanyara hill, by a kick with his left leg. slew the Destroyer, engaged in penance's, who had come to kill the Rajarsi Svetā, who was a great votary of Siva.
VR 3.29.28 अनुष्टुप्
स वृत्र इव वज्रेण फेनेन नमुचिर्यथा । बलो वेन्द्राशनिहतो निपपात हतः खरः ॥
sa vṛtra iva vajreṇa phenena namuciryathā | balo vendrāśanihato nipapāta hataḥ kharaḥ ||
English Translation
And threat Khara slain fell down like Vritra slain by the thunder-bolt, or Namuci by foam, or Bala by Indra's Ašani. Namuci was slain by a thunder-bolt laid over with foam.
VR 3.29.29 अनुष्टुप्
ततो राजर्षयः सर्वे संगताः परमर्षयः । सभाज्य मुदिता राममिदं वचनमब्रुवन् ॥
tato rājarṣayaḥ sarve saṃgatāḥ paramarṣayaḥ | sabhājya muditā rāmamidaṃ vacanamabruvan ||
English Translation
Saying this all the deities went to from where they had come. Then the Rājarşis in company with supreme saints, with Agastya (at their head), gladly paying homage to Rāma, said the following words.
VR 3.29.30 अनुष्टुप्
एतदर्थं महातेजा महेन्द्रः पाकशासनः । शरभङ्गाश्रमं पुण्यमाजगाम पुरंदरः ॥
etadarthaṃ mahātejā mahendraḥ pākaśāsanaḥ | śarabhaṅgāśramaṃ puṇyamājagāma puraṃdaraḥ ||
English Translation
It is for this that the chastiser of Pāka, the great Indra, Purandra, had paid a visit to the sacred asylum of Sarabhanga. And the Maharşis had dextrously brought you to this place, for compassing the destruction of those foes-the wicked Rākşasas.
VR 3.29.31 अनुष्टुप्
आनीतस्त्वमिमं देशमुपायेन महर्षिभिः । एषां वधार्थं क्रूराणां रक्षसां पापकर्मणाम् ॥
ānītastvamimaṃ deśamupāyena maharṣibhiḥ | eṣāṃ vadhārthaṃ krūrāṇāṃ rakṣasāṃ pāpakarmaṇām ||
English Translation
You are brought to this place by the great sages who had cleverly devised a plan to kill the cruel sinners, these demons৷৷
VR 3.29.32 अनुष्टुप्
तदिदं नः कृतं कार्यं त्वया दशरथात्मज । सुखं धर्मं चरिष्यन्ति दण्डकेषु महर्षयः ॥
tadidaṃ naḥ kṛtaṃ kāryaṃ tvayā daśarathātmaja | sukhaṃ dharmaṃ cariṣyanti daṇḍakeṣu maharṣayaḥ ||
English Translation
And it is owing to this, that, O son of Dasaratha, you have performed this mighty deed. (Now) the Maharsis will carry on their proper pious offices in the Dandaka.
VR 3.29.33 अनुष्टुप्
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे वीरो लक्ष्मणः सह सीतया । गिरिदुर्गाद्विनिष्क्रम्य संविवेशाश्रमं सुखी ॥
etasminnantare vīro lakṣmaṇaḥ saha sītayā | giridurgādviniṣkramya saṃviveśāśramaṃ sukhī ||
English Translation
After this, that hero, Laksmana, accompanied with Sītā came out of the mountain cavern, and joyfully entered the asylum.
VR 3.29.34 अनुष्टुप्
ततो रामस्तु विजयी पूज्यमानो महर्षिभिः । प्रविवेशाश्रमं वीरो लक्ष्मणेनाभिवादितः ॥
tato rāmastu vijayī pūjyamāno maharṣibhiḥ | praviveśāśramaṃ vīro lakṣmaṇenābhivāditaḥ ||
English Translation
Then the victorious and heroic, Rāma, honoured by the Maharsis, entered the asylum, worshipped by Lakṣmaṇa.
VR 3.29.35 अनुष्टुप्
तं दृष्ट्वा शत्रुहन्तारं महर्षीणां सुखावहम् । बभूव हृष्टा वैदेही भर्तारं परिषस्वजे ॥
taṃ dṛṣṭvā śatruhantāraṃ maharṣīṇāṃ sukhāvaham | babhūva hṛṣṭā vaidehī bhartāraṃ pariṣasvaje ||
English Translation
And seeing that destroyer of foes, and bringer of coinfort to the Maharsis, her husband, Vaidehi embraced him. And seeing the multitudes of Raksasas siain, Janaka's daughter, beholding the undeteriorating Rāma, ministered to him with supreme joy.
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